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Maria Theresa 1717-1780
Maria's mother was Elizabeth of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her father was
 Charles VI.
Maria Theresa was an
enlightened despot.
See also
Forms of Governments.
Thanks to her father's Pragmatic Sanction, she inherited quite a bit. But also thanks to
the same document, the
War of the Austrian Succession broke
out.
In 1740, Maria became Archduchess of
Austria as well as queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
In 1736, she married
Francis I,
who reigned as Holy Roman emperor 1745 - 1765, and whom she loved
dearly.
And speaking of offspring...
All in all, Francis and Maria had 16
children. Eleven girls, five boys.
Marie Elizabeth 1737 - 1740
Marie Anne 1738 - 1789
Marie Caroline 1740 - 1740
Joseph II 1741 - 1790,
Holy Roman emperor 1765 until 1790.
Marie Christine 1742 - 1798
Marie Elizabeth 1743 - 1808
Carl Joseph 1745 - 1761
Marie Amelia 1746 - 1804
Leopold II 1747 - 1792,
Holy Roman emperor 1790 until 1792.
Marie Caroline 1748 - 1748
Johanna Gabriela 1750 - 1762
Marie Josepha 1751 - 1767
Marie Caroline of Naples 1752 - 1814
Ferdinand Carl Anton 1754 - 1806
Marie Antoinette of France
1755 - 1793,
guillotine victim
Maximilian Francis 1756 - 1801
See also the
Habsburg Dynasty
and
Klemens von Metternich.
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