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Maria Theresa's mother, Empress Elisabeth Christine, died in 1750. Four years later, Maria Theresa's governess, Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard, died. She showed her gratitude to Countess Fuchs by having her buried in the Imperial Crypt along with the members of the imperial family. [79] Smallpox was a constant threat to members of the royal ...
Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa, by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder. In 1792, Maria Theresa’s husband Francis ascended the throne as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and she became queen consort. In the same year, she would become Holy Roman Empress.
Empress Maria Theresa tried to discourage the friendship out of fear that Maria Thérèse, as a former Princess of Savoy, would try to benefit Savoyard interest through the queen. During her first year as queen, Marie Antoinette reportedly said to her husband , who was very approving of her friendship with Marie Thérèse: "Ah, sire, the ...
Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (Carl Josef Emanuel Johann Nepomuk Anton Prokop; 1 February 1745 – 18 January 1761) was the second son and seventh child of the Habsburg ruler Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
For Maria Theresa, the Hofburg took on greater importance "as a memorial site and representational building" to honor her husband. [1] Per the empress's instructions, the anteroom where Francis died was converted into the Hofburg Chapel in 1766. [5] Watercolor by Jakob Alt, 1845
Archduchess Marie Antoinette, born in 1755, was the child of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and the powerful Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, per History. What happened to the Habsburgs?
Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de Austria; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France , and was also an Archduchess ...
Empress Maria Theresa (1745–1780) is often considered to be a ruler in her own right, [1] [2] as she was Queen regnant of Bohemia and Hungary, and although her husband Francis I was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745, it was she who ruled the Empire and continued to do so even after Francis' death in 1765 before ruling jointly with her son ...