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May 18, 2018 · Maria Theresa (1717–80) Archduchess of Austria, ruler (1740–80) of the Austrian Habsburg Empire. She succeeded her father, Emperor Charles VI, but neighbouring powers challenged her in the War of the Austrian Succession (1741–48). She lost Silesia to Prussia but secured the imperial title for her husband, Francis I.
Maria 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 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. A strict Catholic, she showed little tolerance towards members of other confessions. She bore her husband Franz Stephan sixteen children and
Maria Theresa was only ‘Empress’ by virtue of being the emperor’s wife – as a woman she was not permitted to be head of the Roman-German Empire. Maria Theresa is commonly seen as a young heroine surrounded by enemies, most particularly Frederick the Great of Prussia, and standing up bravely to the machinations of the European powers.
daughter Maria Theresa. brother Joseph I. Charles VI (born Oct. 1, 1685, Vienna, Austria—died Oct. 20, 1740, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1711 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and king of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuccessfully to reestablish the global empire of his 16th ...
Maria Theresa was born next, followed by two more daughters, Maria Anna (1718–1744) and Maria Amalia (1724–1730). While Charles VI long hoped to father a male heir, and made opulent offerings to churches and frequent pilgrimages to shrines of the Virgin in an effort to obtain divine help, his last years were plagued with the succession issue.
Jun 25, 2019 · Maria Theresa was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma.
