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| | Pragmatic sanction |
 | | When used as a proper noun, not otherwise qualified, it refers to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austrian throne and Habsburg lands would be inherited by Emperor Karl IV's daughter, Maria Theresa. |
 | | The Pragmatic Sanction of Naples, issued 6 October 1759, by King Charles III of Spain, governed the succesion to the thrones of Naples, Sicily, and Spain, and forbade the union of Naples and the Two Sicilies. |
 | | The Pragmatic Sanction of 1830, issued 29 March 1830 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, ratified a Decree of 1789 by Charles IV of Spain, which had replaced the semi-Salic system established by Philip V with the mixed succession system that predated the Bourbon monarchy. |
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