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- Maria Carolina of Austria (Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Johanna Antonia; 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies.
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1 day ago · The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archduchess Maria Theresa was born on 13 May 1717 in Vienna, a year after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold Johann, [1] and was baptised on that same evening.
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2 days ago · Maria Carolina of Austria (Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Johanna Antonia; 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies.
2 days ago · The House of Habsburg-Lorraine retained Austria and attached possessions after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; see below. A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy; a daughter Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and King of Italy.
Jul 16, 2024 · Austria - Maria Theresa, Congress of Vienna: 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.
5 days ago · Upon the death of Francis I in 1765, Joseph had become emperor and co-regent, but Maria Theresa kept most of the authority in her hands, a condition that led to frequent clashes between the strong-willed mother and the strong-willed son.
Jul 5, 2024 · In 1767, Maria Theresa’s daughter-in-law caught a fatal case of smallpox. The Empress then forced her 16-year-old natural daughter Maria Josepha to pray at the badly-sealed crypt.
5 days ago · First and foremost was reform of the army. Maria Theresa proposed establishing an effective standing army of 110,000 men—60,000 more than in her father’s day and 30,000 more than the Prussian peacetime army of Frederick William I.
