Maria Theresa of Austria even placed the weight of her youngest son Maximilian Francis in gold on the altar there. It wasn’t until Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans and also ruler of Bohemia, Croatia, ...

By 1780, Maria Theresa’s initial bout of smallpox caught up with her. She’d continually suffered with fatigue, insomnia and shortness of breath but at the age of 63, her health drastically ...

Two identical figures of Empress Maria Theresa rise from her tomb, depicting her resurrection, in the crypt of the Capuchin Church in Vienna. The sarcophagus, which fills an entire room, was ...

Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) with pockmarked face. Source: Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna/Wikipedia Commons French kings were traditionally buried at the basilica of St. Denis north of Paris ...

Maria Theresa fought tooth and nail to keep her power, with her vengefulness leading to a reign full of violence and tragedy. Factinate Media Group. The Last Habsburg's Life Was A Royal Nightmare.

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.

Maria Theresa has been a ratings hit across what used to be the Habsburg Empire, with strong performances on Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and on public channels in the Czech Republic and ...

Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" On the occasion of the 300th birthday of Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780), many clichés about one of the most powerful women in history need to be ...

“Maria Theresa was a relentlessly strict matriarch” New biography on the occasion of the empress’ 300th birthday – historian Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger refutes clichés about one of the most powerful ...