With the loss of her father, 23-year-old Maria Theresa found herself the ruler of the Habsburg holdings. Great news, right? Wrong. Dark days were ahead. Charles had spent too much time getting ...

First of all, Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was never actually crowned empress. As the only female ruler in the House of Habsburg, she was the Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.

In late October, the emperor Charles VI had died without a male heir, leaving the chaotic jumble of territories that made up the Habsburg patrimony to his 23-year-old daughter, Maria Theresa.

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Walter’s Choice has taken U.S. streaming rights to Maria Theresa, a The Crown-style period epic about the first, and only, female ruler of the Habsburg ...

While Maria Theresa is one of the most important figures in the history of Bratislava, the name of the Habsburg Empress had, until recently, been conspicuously absent from the city’s public spaces.

The S.S. Maria Theresa's maiden voyage ... ship will visit sites of historical interest throughout the former Habsburg Empire for a true immersion into Europe's vivid history, whilst enjoying ...

The history books are divided on Joseph, who became Holy Roman Emperor after his father’s death, and co-regent with Maria Theresa of the Habsburg lands until her death. He campaigned for secularism, ...

It will be ceremonially awarded on Thursday, 23 March 2017. The book concerning the Habsburg regent Maria Theresa (1717-1780) has just been published by C.H.Beck. There are four other books ...

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 ...