Maria Theresa - Wikipedia
WEBSignature. Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and ...
Maria Theresa | Biography, Facts, Accomplishments, & Children
WEBMay 9, 2024 · Maria Theresa (born May 13, 1717, Vienna—died November 29, 1780, Vienna) was the archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80), wife and empress of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I (reigned 1745–65), and mother of the Holy Roman emperor Joseph II (reigned 1765–90).
Maria Theresa - Children, Reforms & Accomplishments - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Royalty. Emperors. Maria Theresa was an Austrian archduchess and Holy Roman Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty from 1740 to 1780. She was also Marie Antoinette’s mother. Updated: Oct 27, 2021....
Maria Theresa | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 18, 2018 · Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was Holy Roman empress from 1740 to 1780. Ruling in the most difficult period of Austrian history, she modernized her dominions and saved them from dissolution. The eldest daughter of the emperor Charles VI, Maria Theresa was born in Vienna on May 13, 1717.
Maria Theresa summary | Britannica
WEBMaria Theresa , German Maria Theresia, (born May 13, 1717, Vienna, Austria—died Nov. 29, 1780, Vienna), Archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80). She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction to allow her to succeed to the Habsburg domains.
Maria Theresa | Die Welt der Habsburger
WEBDied in Vienna on 29 November 1780. Motto: ‘Iustitia et Clementia – By justice and clemency’. Maria Theresa was the most important ruler of the age of Enlightened Absolutism and one of the most famous Habsburgs. She took over the reins of government on the death of her father Charles VI and implemented numerous enduring reforms.
Maria Theresa: Empress and mother of her peoples
WEBMaria Theresa’s reign is commonly seen as a golden age of the Habsburg monarchy. However, many of the present-day images of the Empress are based on clichés. In 1740, the provisions of the Pragmatic Sanction enabled Charles VI’s 23-year-old daughter Maria Theresa to take on her father’s highly problematic inheritance.
Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBBorn on May 13, 1717, in Vienna, Austria; died on November 29, 1780, in Vienna; daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor (r. 1711–1740), and Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1691–1750); educated at home by Jesuit tutors; married Francis Stephen, duke of Lorraine, later Holy Roman emperor (r. 1745–1765) as Francis I; children: 16,...
From the accession of Maria Theresa to the Congress of Vienna
WEBContents. From the accession of Maria Theresa to the Congress of Vienna. War of the Austrian Succession, 1740–48. Maria Theresa. In October 1740 the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, the last male Habsburg ruler, died and was succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresa, the young wife of the grand duke of Tuscany, Francis Stephen of Lorraine.
Maria Theresa: the ‘great reformer’ - Die Welt der Habsburger
WEBMaria Theresa: the ‘great reformer’ | Die Welt der Habsburger. It is said that Maria Theresa carried out many major reforms. But were these measures really so benign and so clearly for the common good? Today, Maria Theresa’s enlightened absolutism meets with almost unlimited sympathy.
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