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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4848355, member: 89314&quot;]Germany BAVARIA&nbsp; Elector Karl Albert (1726-45) as Emperor Karl VII (1743-45)&nbsp; Reichstaler (so called Kaisertaler)&nbsp; 1743&nbsp; Munich mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Karl Albert (or Albrecht) married Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, daughter of Emperor Joseph I, in 1722.&nbsp;&nbsp; When Emperor Karl VI died in 1740 without a son and left his territories to his daughter Maria Theresia, Charles rejected the so-called Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 allowing female succession and claimed the German territories of the Habsburg dynasty for himself.&nbsp; He allied himself with France and Spain against Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession. He was unanimously elected &quot;King of the Romans&quot; on 24 January 1742 (one of the electors was George II, King of England, in his capacity as Elector of Hanover) and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on 12 February 1742.&nbsp; He was the first non-Habsburg emperor since 1440 (although the Habsburgs would soon get the Imperial title back).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the Austrians had not been defeated&nbsp; and shortly after the coronation most of Karl Albert&#039;s&nbsp; territories were overrun by Austrian troops.&nbsp; The emperor fled Munich and resided for almost three years in Frankfurt. This showed how symbolic and powerless the institution of Holy Roman Emperor had become. </p><p><br /></p><p>Karl was able to return to Munich in April 1743 but was then driven out again. However, after Frederick the Great of Prussia launched the Second Silesian War against Austria, Austrian troops were withdrawn from Bavaria and Karl was finally able to return to Munich in October 1744, only to die in January 1745. </p><p><br /></p><p>Karl&#039;s son and successor Maximilian III Joseph made peace with Austria.&nbsp; Maria Theresia&#039;s husband, Franz Stefan of Lorraine was elected Holy Roman Emperor on 13 September 1745 as Franz I. Maria Theresia inherited the Habsburg dominions and ruled them as an absolute ruler, although her husband and after his death her eldest son, Emperor Joseph II, were officially her co-rulers in Austria and Bohemia. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1170686[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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