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Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm
[quotes]Didn't we (Netherlands) at one point have the same king as some other country? I think it was Austria or something, but I'm not sure. But because there were different laws there, someone else inheritted it.[/quotes]
Sounds like the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa of Austria was named heir to the Holy Roman Emperor (her father), but half of Europe couldn't stomach the thought of a female ruler and the other half saw a chance to grab some territory by using it as a pretext.
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It might also be the War of Spanish Succession, the North American aspect of which was known by the English colonists there as Queen Anne's War.
(Both are now thought of by Americans (when they bother to think of them at all) as just part of the French and Indian Wars. Is all how you look at it.)
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Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm
It's scary having this much useless information crammed into my head.
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Ain't it, though?
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