Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)

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The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure the indivisibility of the Habsburg lands and allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit them, reshaping the dynastic succession in Central Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial edict
pragmatic sanction
succession law
allowsSuccessionOf Maria Theresa
appliesTo Austrian hereditary lands
Bohemian Crown lands
linked to: Bohemia

Habsburg hereditary lands
Hungarian Crown lands
linked to: Kingdom of Hungary
conditionForRecognition territorial concessions by Habsburg Monarchy
confirmedBy Bohemian Estates
linked to: Imperial Estates

Estates of the Archduchy of Austria
linked to: Imperial Estates

Hungarian Diet
consequence contested succession of Maria Theresa
outbreak of War of the Austrian Succession
dateIssued 1713
historicalContext Habsburg succession crisis
War of the Spanish Succession
issuedBy Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
House of Habsburg
languageOfDocument German
Latin
legalPrinciple female line succession in default of males
indivisibility of Habsburg Monarchy
legalStatus fundamental law of the Habsburg Monarchy
linkedToTreaty Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741)
Treaty of Vienna (1731)
Treaty of Vienna (1738)
opposedBy Charles Albert of Bavaria
Electorate of Bavaria
Frederick II of Prussia
predecessorLawModified Habsburg agnatic succession rules
purpose enable female succession in absence of male heirs
ensure indivisibility of Habsburg lands
regulate Habsburg dynastic succession
recognizedBy Bavaria
Dutch Republic
France
Great Britain
Prussia
Russia
Saxony
Spain
region Central Europe
relatedTo Austrian Succession
Habsburg Monarchy
Salic law debates in Europe
succeededBy Austrian constitutional arrangements of 19th century
successorDesignated Maria Theresa
territorialImpact Habsburg loss of Silesia after challenge

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War of the Spanish Succession legalConsequence Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
War of the Austrian Succession legalInstrument Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor notableWork Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Treaty of Vienna (1731) mainSubject Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Treaty of Vienna (1731) mainSubject Habsburg succession
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Treaty of Vienna (1738) confirmed Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) relatedTo Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor notableWork Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
subject linked to: Emperor Charles VI
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Second Silesian War legalFrameworkContext Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Leopold Johann of Austria associatedWithDocument Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria associatedWith Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Habsburg hereditary lands significantEvent Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Bohemian monarchy significantEvent Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Karl Franz Joseph von Habsburg notableWork Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Pragmatic Army follows Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
Pragmatic Army namedAfter Pragmatic Sanction
linked to: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)