Satirical medal on the occupation of Bavaria by Maria Theresa the naked queen of Hungary

In 1713, Emperor Charles VI had banned the division of inheritance in the "Pragmatic Sanction" and introduced female succession to enable one of his three daughters to succeed. When Maria Theresa succeeded as Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, etc. under the co-regency of her husband after the death of her father in 1740, the First Silesian War broke out, triggered by Frederick II of Prussia, and the War of the Austrian Succession, in which the kings and princes of Bavaria, Spain, Saxony, Sweden, Naples, the Electorate of the Palatinate and the Electorate of Cologne laid claim to parts or all of the RDR. Charles Albert of Bavaria had married Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria on October 5, 1722. In 1740, after the death of Emperor Charles VI, Charles rose to become Archduke of Austria and also claimed the Kingdom of Bohemia from Maria Theresa. On November 26, 1741, Prague was conquered by a French army, and Charles was crowned King of Bohemia there on December 19, 1741. On January 24, 1742, he was elected as Charles VII, the Holy Roman Emperor, and crowned in Frankfurt am Main on February 12. But just one day later, the tide turned dramatically. Maria Theresa had meanwhile concluded a truce with Prussia, and on February 13, 1742, her troops captured Munich. As a result, Charles not only had to abandon his Habsburg war aims, but also lost Bavaria.