Western Civilization II / Unit 8 WC2 0716 short lesson, about 20 seconds
1810: A Habsburg Bride and an Excommunication
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The idea
In eighteen ten he divorced Josephine and married the Habsburg Marie-Louise, a betrayal of anti-monarchism that cost him supporters, and annexed the Papal States, for which Pius VII excommunicated him.
In practice
The witness: the marriage suggested through Metternich.
Where people slip
The Revolution's general marrying into the Revolution's enemy.
Your place on the trail
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