maria theresa

     

Francis Stephen of Lorraine & this 18th c. Austrian empress founded the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine

Trivia about maria theresa

  • "Der Rosenkavalier" takes place in Vienna during the reign of this archduchess
  • Marie Antoinette was among the 16 children of this Holy Roman empress & archduchess
  • The War of the Austrian Succession erupted when she became archduchess of Austria in 1740
  • Her empress mother
  • In 1745 this Austrian archduchess obtained the title of Holy Roman Emperor for her husband
  • In 1772 this empress participated in the first partition of Poland, acquiring Galicia for Austria
  • This Austrian archduchess' 1736 marriage established the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine
  • This Holy Roman empress was also the queen of Hungary & Bohemia from 1740 to 1780
  • In the 1770s this archduchess of Austria pioneered a national system of elementary education
  • In 1762 6-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & his sister performed for this Holy Roman Empress
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria.) Today, the Imperial Palace is home to Austria's head of state, the president; in Mozart's time, it was home to the head of state, this archduchess

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