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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 so-called Pragmatic Sanction of St. Louis X, King of France, purporting to have been issued in March 1269, regarding various clerical reforms, was a forgery fabricated in the fourteenth century.

• The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King Charles VIII of France, on 7 July 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the pope, to be held every ten years, required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, prohibited the pope from bestowing, and profiting from, benefices, and limited appeals to Rome.

• The German Pragmatic Sanction of 1439 , issued by German ruling princes 26 March 1439, accepted some of the decrees of the Council of Basel with modifications. It has been argued that the name Pragmatic Sanction is not properly applied to this document, as this pragma was issued by princes subordinate to the emperor without the emperor's endorsement.

• The Pragmatic Sanction of 1548, issued by Charles V, established the Seventeen ProvincesOriginally the term Netherlands referred to a much larger entity than the current Kingdom of the Netherlands. Charles V of Habsburg was the lord of seventeen provinces roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and a good part of the No as an entity separate from the Empire and from France.

• The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713A pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. When used as a proper noun, it usually refers to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austr issued by Emperor Charles VICharles VI ( October 1, 1685 October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg''. His educator was Anton Florian of Liechtenstein. On terms of a contract he w on 19 April 1713Events April 11 War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1.

• The Pragmatic Sanction of Naples , issued 6 October 1759Events January 11 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. January 13 The Tavora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal January 15 The British Museum opens, by King Charles III of SpainCharles III ( January 20, 1716 December 14, 1788) was king of Spain from 1759 to 1788. The first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma, he was one of the so-called " enlightened monarchs". It was his good fortune to be sen, governed the succession to the thrones of Naples, Sicily, and Spain, and forbade the union of Naples and the Two Sicilies.

• The Pragmatica Sanción or 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. (also see Carlism)