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The children of Maria Theresa. Martin van Meytens 1745/1750. Hungarian National Museum. Budapest, Hungary. This representative painting could be attributed to an apprentice of Martin van Meytens, Vienna court painter of the Habsburg family. It shows the five children of Maria Theresa, likely dressed in Hungarian attire for political reasons.
Not only was Maria Theresa highly active in politics, but her daughters were also entrusted with political tasks, albeit usually – in accordance with the motto Tu felix Austria nube (‘Thou, happy Austria, marry’) – as pawns on the dynastic marriage market. Most of the daughters were married off without their consent, but one was lucky enough to be able to choose her husband
Writing her biography, I wanted to question that myth. 2. Maria Theresa was the icon of the Austrian state (or rather of several different states) of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her image has been shaped by two impressive memorials: one is the gigantic bronze monument on Vienna's Ringstraße, erected in 1888.
Sep 21, 2020 · In October 1762 they receive an invitation from THE Empress HERSELF, Maria Theresa, to perform for her large family (she had 16 children total) at their summer residence in Vienna, Schönbrunn palace. Dragging their pianoforte (or however they transported things in those days) and violin, lil Wolferl, Nannerl and Leopold journeyed to Schönbrunn.
Archduke of Austria, died aged seven months. Maria Theresa: 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780 Archduchess of Austria and heiress of the Habsburg dynasty, married Francis III Stephen, Duke of Lorraine (later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor) and had issue; succeeded by the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Maria Anna: 14 September 1718 – 16 December 1744
Maria Theresa of Austria (13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female sovereign of the Habsburg Dynasty. She reigned as the de facto Empress Regnant of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen of Germany. She was also queen of Hungary and Bohemia, archduchess of Austria, and held many other titles. During her rule she changed the royal palace ...
