FERDINAND I
Lettre écrite à un jurisconsulte de la ville de... au sujet des dispositions faites par l'Empereur Ferdinand I dans son testament du 1er juin 1543, dans le contrat de mariage de l'archiduchesse Anne sa fille aînée, du 19 juin 1546... pour régler la succession à plusieurs Etats de la maison d'Autriche.
S. n.|s. l. 1741|21.50 x 27 cm|broché
First edition.
Since the 16th century, there had always been a man as head of the House of Austria, and succession had been transmitted from male to male, but Emperor Charles VI had only daughters. He wanted to leave his inheritance to his eldest daughter, Marie-Thérèse, and regulated his succession by means of a solemn law, called the Pragmatic Sanction. This act decided that Marie-Thérèse would succeed her father. To be sure it would be executed, Charles VI had it recognized first by members of his family, then by his subjects of the different provinces. The Pragmatic then became the fundamental law of succession of the Austrian monarchy. It established the right of women to succeed a
Since the 16th century, there had always been a man as head of the House of Austria, and succession had been transmitted from male to male, but Emperor Charles VI had only daughters. He wanted to leave his inheritance to his eldest daughter, Marie-Thérèse, and regulated his succession by means of a solemn law, called the Pragmatic Sanction. This act decided that Marie-Thérèse would succeed her father. To be sure it would be executed, Charles VI had it recognized first by members of his family, then by his subjects of the different provinces. The Pragmatic then became the fundamental law of succession of the Austrian monarchy. It established the right of women to succeed a
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