* 1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria ( not actually born until 1717 ).

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (, also known as Karl von Österreich-Teschen ) ( Full name: Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz of Austria ) ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 ) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.

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# Maria Paola or Marie Pauline Bonaparte ( 1780 – 1825 ), married in 1797 to French general Charles Leclerc and later married Prince Camillo Borghese.

James also requested that Parliament sanction the marriage between the Prince of Wales and Princess Henrietta Maria of France, whom Charles had met in Paris while en route to Spain.

Francis was a son of the future Emperor Leopold II ( 1747 – 1792 ) and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain ( 1745 – 1792 ), daughter of Charles III of Spain.

After the accession of King Louis II, George was aided in his reforming efforts by Queen Maria, a sister of Charles V and Ferdinand I, who was favorably inclined toward the new doctrine.

The Austrian branch went extinct in the male person in 1740 with the death of Charles VI and in the female person in 1780 with the death of his daughter Maria Theresa and was succeeded by the Vaudemont branch of the House of Lorraine in the person of her son Joseph II.

* 1625 – King Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France

Then in 1277, Maria of Antioch sold her claim to the kingdom to Charles of Anjou, who sent Roger of San Severino to represent him.

When Charles became king, he gave the castle to his wife, Henrietta Maria ; he bestowed the stewardship on Robert Carey, earl of Monmouth, and gave it to Carey's sons, Henry and Thomas, after their father's death.

The Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, briefly regained the castle, with the earls of Monmouth acting as stewards once again, but after her death Charles II gave the castle to Sir Edward Hyde, whom he created Baron Hyde of Hindon and Earl of Clarendon.

* 1743 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

Maria Eleonora had additional suitors in the young William of Orange, Wladislaw Vasa of Poland, Adolph Friedrich of Mecklenburg and even the future Charles I of England.

He was the eldest son and successor of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, and King of Hungary and Croatia ; his mother was Maria of Spain, a daughter of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal.

********* daughter Henrietta Maria of France married Charles I of England

Sarah Armitage McKean with their daughter Maria Louisa ( Charles Willson Peale, 1787 )

To the Austrian emperor he promised recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a document designed to guarantee inheritance of the Austrian throne to Maria Theresa, Charles ' oldest child.

The heir general to Charles II was Louis, Le Grand Dauphin, the son of his elder half-sister, Maria Theresa, and Louis XIV of France.

* February 2 – King Charles I of England is crowned, but without his wife, Henrietta Maria, who declines to participate in a non-Catholic ceremony.

* June 20 – Charles I of England issues a charter for the colony of Maryland ( named in honor of Henrietta Maria ), under the control of Lord Baltimore.

* November 25 – Henrietta Maria of France, queen of Charles I of England ( d. 1669 )

* June 13 – King Charles I of England marries Henrietta Maria, Princess of France and Navarre.

* September 10 – Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England ( b. 1609 )

* Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( born 3 February 1808 ), daughter of Charles Frederick I of Saxe-Weimar and Maria Pavlovna of Russia ( ultimately she married Prince Charles of Prussia )

Most descriptions of her baptism stress that the infant was carried ahead of her cousins, Archduchesses Maria Josepha and Maria Amalia, the daughters of Charles VI's elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, before the eyes of Joseph's widow, Empress Wilhelmine Amalia.

Already in 1722 Charles Albert had been married to the Habsburg princess Maria Amalia of Austria.

He was the son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Princess Maria Amalia of Courland.

After Archduchess Isabella's death on 27 November 1763, a political marriage was arranged with Maria Josepha of Bavaria ( d. 1767 ), a daughter of Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria ( the former emperor Charles VII ) and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria.

This settlement was the condition of his marriage on 5 August 1764 with Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain, daughter of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony.

Charles was the second son of Charles III and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony.

Ferdinand I and Charles IV were brothers, both sons of Charles III of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony.

He was the third son of King Charles III of Spain ( also King of Naples and Sicily ) by his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony.

* Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga ( b. Dresden, 24 November 1724-d. Buen Retiro, 27 September 1760 ); married on 19 June 1738 to Charles VII, King of Naples, later King Charles III of Spain.

Prince Louis of Orléans ( Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël d ' Orléans ; 25 October 1814 – 26 June 1896 ) was the second son of the future King Louis-Philippe I of France, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.

Amalia was the prime mover of several royal marriages, including that of her son William II to Mary, Princess Royal of England and Scotland ( daughter of King Charles I of England ) and of their daughters with several German princes.

After this disappointment, Charles August married Maria Amalia of Saxony in 1774 ; she was the daughter of the Elector Christian ( d. 1765 ) and his wife Maria Antonia, Max Joseph's sister.

Her father was the second son of Charles III and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony ; her mother, Maria Luisa of Parma was a granddaughter of Louis XV of France through her mother Princess Louise Élisabeth of France.

* The Amalienburg-a Rococo hunting lodge constructed in 1734-1739 by François de Cuvilliés for Charles VII and his wife, Maria Amalia, including a hall of mirrors and a kennel room for the hunting dogs.

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Born in Munich, Maximilian was the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII and his wife, Maria Amalia of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.

Because Maria Amalia was five years older than his son, Charles III opted for the latter.

She was the daughter of the only non-Habsburg Emperor since 1438, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, Empress Maria Amalia of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Joseph I.