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  1. 5 days ago · Signature. 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 ...

  2. 5 days ago · Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

  3. May 20, 2024 · France, Prussia, and Bavaria saw it as an opportunity to challenge Habsburg power, while Maria Theresa was backed by Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Hanover, collectively known as the Pragmatic Allies. As the conflict widened, it drew in other participants, among them Spain, Sardinia, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia .

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  5. 4 days ago · Derek Beales’ biography, "Joseph II: In the shadow of Maria Theresa 1741-1780," covers the period when Joseph’s mother, the Empress-Queen Maria Theresa was s...

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  6. May 1, 2024 · Leopold II was the Holy Roman emperor from 1790 to 1792, one of the most capable of the 18th-century reformist rulers known as the “enlightened despots.”. The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I, Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his eldest brother.

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  7. 2 days ago · Maria Theresa was then to inherit the imperial throne. Technically, most of the great powers of Europe had accepted the Pragmatic Sanction. Once it became a reality, however, things were different. King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia did finally recognize Maria Theresa as Holy Roman Empress, but others went in the opposite direction.

  8. May 2, 2024 · Others include better-known figures such as the controversial Isabella of Castile and Maria Theresa of Austria, as well as lesser-known figures such as Saint Adelaide of the tenth century. Adelaide was the first papally consecrated Holy Roman Empress.

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