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Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch

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Maria Christina - A Mother's Daughter

Maria teresa was not a great mother, too, because she played favourites. She raised her eldest son as a gift from god and he did not turn out well. Her other daughters all have to go and marry whoever they want. Maria carolina at 15 had to consummate it the first night with a guy that she had just met. In fact, she ushered the kingdom of Naples into its golden age.

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