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Conversations: Seven Daughters of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, w/ Veronica Buckley
·19 min·2 clips
Veronica Buckley reveals that for Habsburg daughters, continuing the dynasty was a primary duty that overrode all personal interests.
As heard by us
A brisk dynastic portrait that makes Habsburg family politics feel sharply human.
History Shorts uses Maria Theresa's family to open up the dynastic politics of mid-18th-century Europe, following the seven daughters who survived to adulthood and went on to shape events across the continent.
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