Page "Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor" Paragraph 8

For a short time, however, it seemed that the Pragmatic Sanction was gratuitous, when Elisabeth Christine gave birth to a baby boy in 1716.

Unfortunately, he died soon after.

A year later, Maria Theresa, his elder surviving child, was born.

At her baptismal ceremony, contemporaries wrote that Charles, despite his best efforts, appeared upset at the child's sex.

The next year saw the arrival of another girl, Maria Anna.