Empress Maria Theresa

Empress Maria Theresa  (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was a ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress. Her marriage founded the House of Habsburg-Lorraine which ruled Austria till the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire then the Empire of Austria.

Children

 * 1) Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737–1740) died in infancy.
 * 2) Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738–1789) died in infancy.
 * 3) Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (1740–1741) died in infancy.
 * 4) Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor  (1741–1790) married (1) Princess Isabella of Parma then (2) Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria and had children.
 * 5) Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1742–1798) married Prince Albert Casimir August o Saxony, Duke o Teschen and had children.
 * 6) Airchduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743–1808) never married.
 * 7) Airchduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745–1761) never married.
 * 8) Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746–1804) married Ferdinando of Parma, Duke of Parma an haed issue.
 * 9) Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–1792)
 * 10) Airchduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (stillborn 1748)
 * 11) Airchduchess Maria Johanna Gabriele of Austria (1750–1762) died young.
 * 12) Airchduchess  Maria Josepha of Austria (1751–1767) never married.
 * 13) Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (1752–1814) married Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and had children.
 * 14) Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Duke of Breisgau (1754-1806) married Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa and had children.
 * 15) Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (Marie Antoinette) (1755–1793) married Louis XVI of France and had children.
 * 16) Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (1756–1801)