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made a treaty with Saxony’s Augustus III (a marzipan-like figure) in which the Saxons guaranteed her ownership of the Austrian lands, and in return Maria Theresa agreed that if her heirs were to die her titles would pass to Maria Josepha, Augustus III’s long-suffering wife, and another of Joseph I’s children? As Augustus was also King of Poland it is possible
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
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