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1717 - Maria Theresa born on the 13th of May in Vienna as the eldest daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. An Austrian archduchess, queen of Bohemia and Hungary, consort of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and dowager empress after the accession of her son, Joseph II.
1736 - On the 12th of February, she was married to her cousin Francis of Lorraine, then grand duke of Tuscany, and afterwards emperor. Five sons and eleven daughters were born of this marriage.
1740 - 1748 - In the War of the Austrian Succession, She lost most of Silesia to Prussia.
1745 - Secured Silesia in exchange the imperial election for her husband. Her warm personality and strength of will won her the loyalty of her subjects and troops, to whom she appealed directly in moments of crisis.
1748 - After the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Kaunitz accomplished a diplomatic revolution in concluding an alliance with France, the traditional enemy.
1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War exhausted the strength of Austria. She lost no territory, but leadership among German states had definitely passed to Prussia.
1772 - She shared with Prussia and Russia in the first partition of Poland. Partly under the influence of her son, Joseph II, She carried out a series of agrarian reforms and centralized the administration of her lands.
1780 - She died in Vienna on the 29th of November, the only female to rule during the 650-year-long Habsburg dynasty. She is buried in tomb number 56 in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. Her son Joseph II succeeded her. She was a very strongwilled woman and was a very influential leader.
1736 - On the 12th of February, she was married to her cousin Francis of Lorraine, then grand duke of Tuscany, and afterwards emperor. Five sons and eleven daughters were born of this marriage.
1740 - 1748 - In the War of the Austrian Succession, She lost most of Silesia to Prussia.
1745 - Secured Silesia in exchange the imperial election for her husband. Her warm personality and strength of will won her the loyalty of her subjects and troops, to whom she appealed directly in moments of crisis.
1748 - After the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Kaunitz accomplished a diplomatic revolution in concluding an alliance with France, the traditional enemy.
1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War exhausted the strength of Austria. She lost no territory, but leadership among German states had definitely passed to Prussia.
1772 - She shared with Prussia and Russia in the first partition of Poland. Partly under the influence of her son, Joseph II, She carried out a series of agrarian reforms and centralized the administration of her lands.
1780 - She died in Vienna on the 29th of November, the only female to rule during the 650-year-long Habsburg dynasty. She is buried in tomb number 56 in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. Her son Joseph II succeeded her. She was a very strongwilled woman and was a very influential leader.
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