Maria Theresa, who ruled between 1740 and 1780, was one of the most successful and adept rulers of the Habsburg dynasty. She was crowned Queen of Hungary in Bratislava in 1741. The inscription on ...

Female Catholic rulers’ ecclesial interventions reached their zenith in the 18th century with those wielded by the at-times militantly Catholic Habsburg empress, Maria Theresa of Austria.

In 1773, Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree that Roma children as young as four were to be taken from their families and raised elsewhere. It is unclear how strictly these laws were ...

Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the ...

After Sisi, Mozart, Crown Prince Rudolf, Schikaneder and Falco, the Habsburg monarch is now also becoming a musical star: on October 10, "Maria Theresa - The Musical" celebrates its world premiere ...

The role of personality and charm in running a state is one theme of Richard Bassett’s superb book, the first English biography of the Empress Maria Theresa since Edward Crankshaw’s in 1969. The ...

And there were many battles: Frederick II of Prussia became Maria Theresa’s greatest rival. He took the affluent Hapsburg province of Silesia during the War of the Austrian Succession, an eight year ...

Maria Theresa was the ruler of the Habsburg empire across four decades in the 18th century. Ascending the Habsburg throne in 1740, at 23 years old, Maria Theresa assumed rule at a perilous moment for ...

It was also where Habsburg women prayed for their descendants after childbirth. Maria Theresa of Austria even placed the weight of her youngest son Maximilian Francis in gold on the altar there. Until ...

61.3 x 46.1 cm. (24.1 x 18.1 in.) ...

His wife Isabella’s tomb, by a corner, changed the world in its own way, affecting the Habsburg matchmaking game. Archduchess Josepha was forced by her mother Maria Theresa to pray for her ...

The Habsburg ruler was one of the most influential leaders in European history – numerous reforms date back to her rule. From 15 March to 29 November 2017, the large scale 300 Years of Maria Theresa: ...