The Habsburg Jaw and the Death That Started a World War
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Discover how a king who could barely chew triggered a twelve-year war that reshaped Europe. This video explores the Habsburg jaw, inbreeding, and the fatal decisions that led to the War of the Spanish Succession. Chapters: 00:00 One death, twelve years of war 00:12 Three questions 00:24 The family policy 00:36 His mother was his cousin 00:48 Twenty-five per cent 01:00 The only one left 01:12 Carried through childhood 01:24 The jaw 01:36 The portraits as data 01:48 King at three 02:00 What was attached to him 02:12 The exorcism 02:24 Not stupidity, exhaustion 02:36 The death watch 02:48 Three claimants 03:00 The plan that would have worked 03:12 The compromise dies 03:24 Cut up without asking him 03:36 Keep it whole 03:48 The will 04:00 No good way to refuse 04:12 The autopsy 04:24 What modern medicine suggests 04:36 He could not stop 04:48 The alliance forms 05:00 Twelve years 05:12 The settlement 05:24 Back where they started 05:36 Optimised into extinction 05:48 The one choice he made
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