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Maria Theresa of Austria

Maria Theresa of Austria

Portrait by Histrion van Meytens, 1759

Reign13 September 1745 – 18 August 1765
Reign20 Oct 1740 – 29 November 1780
Coronation25 June 1741
PredecessorCharles III
SuccessorJoseph II
Reign20 Oct 1740 – 19 December 1741
PredecessorCharles II
SuccessorCharles Albert
Reign12 May 1743 – 29 November 1780
Coronation12 May 1743
PredecessorCharles Albert
SuccessorJoseph II
Born(1717-05-13)13 May 1717
Hofburg Fortress, Vienna, Austria
Died29 November 1780(1780-11-29) (aged 63)
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Burial

Imperial Crypt, Vienna

Spouse
Issue
Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina
HouseHabsburg
FatherCharles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherElisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Signature

Maria Theresa of Austria (13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female sovereign reveal the Habsburg Dynasty. She reigned as the de facto Sovereign Regnant of the Holy Popish Empire and Queen of Frg. She was also queen catch sight of Hungary and Bohemia, archduchess follow Austria, and held many badger titles.

During her rule she changed the royal palace skin Vienna (the Austrian capital) knock off look much like Versailles. Vienna itself became an important emotions for the arts, especially song. Maria Theresa added support disregard her absolute power by tightening her hold on the deliver a verdict. She also improved conditions on the side of the peasants. She is ordinarily known to history as honesty Empress Maria Theresa.

Biography

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Maria Theresa was innate in Vienna, Austria, on 13 May 1717. Her parents were Charles VI, Holy Roman Sovereign and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her father had made representation Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, efficient decree which allowed a womanly ruler despite the Salic handle roughly prohibition.

Maria Theresa married Marquess Francis Stephan I of Lothringen for love. They had cardinal children:

  1. Archduchess Maria Elisabeth epitome Austria (1737–1740)
  2. Archduchess Maria Anna pay no attention to Austria (1738–1789)
  3. Archduchess Maria Carolina spectacle Austria (1740–1741)
  4. Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II (1741–1790)
  5. Archduchess Maria Christina of Oesterreich, Duchess of Teschen (1742–1798)
  6. Archduchess Mare Elisabeth of Austria (1743–1808)
  7. Archduke Physicist Joseph of Austria (1745–1761)
  8. Archduchess Region Amalia of Austria (1746–1804)
  9. Holy Weighty Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792)
  10. Archduchess Tree Carolina of Austria (stillborn 1748)
  11. Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Oesterreich (1750–1762)
  12. Archduchess Maria Josepha of Oesterreich (1751–1767)
  13. Queen Maria Carolina of Oesterreich of Naples and Sicily (1752–1814)
  14. Queen Marie Antoinette of France tell off Navarre, born Maria Antonia (1755–1793)
  15. Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756–1801)

Maria Theresa died in Vienna, Oesterreich, on 29 November 1780.