She had much political influence in her adopted country and with her husband did much to improve the welfare of the Electorate of Bavaria.

When the first heir Francis Hyacinth died in 1638, the brothers Maurice and Thomas started the Piedmontese Civil War with Spanish support.

With the support of her brother, King Louis XIII of France, Marie Christine was able to defeat the challenge to her rule.

Henriette Adelaide had a strong influence on Bavarian foreign affairs in favor of France, whose royal family counted her mother as a member.

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