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 5 February 1737 – 7 June 1740) died in infancy.
 * 2) Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria 6 October 1738 – 19 November 1789) died unmarried.
 * 3) Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria 12 January 1740 – 25 January 1741) died in infancy.
 * 4) Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor  (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790)  married (1) Princess Isabella of Parma then (2) Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria and had children.
 * 5) Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798) married Prince Albert Casimir August of Saxony, Duke of Teschen and had children.
 * 6) Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (13 August 1743 – 22 September 1808) never married.
 * 7) Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1 February 1745 – 18 January 1761) never married.
 * 8) Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria 26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) married Ferdinando of Parma, Duke of Parma and had issue.
 * 9) Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) married Maria Luisa of Spain and had issue.
 * 10) Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria  (born and died 17 September 1748)
 * 11) Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria 4 February 1750 – 23 December 1762) died young.
 * 12) Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria 19 March 1751 – 15 October 1767) never married.
 * 13) Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria 13 August 1752 – 8 September 1814) married Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and had children.
 * 14) Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Duke of Breisgau 1 June 1754 – 24 December 1806) married Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa and had children.
 * 15) Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (Marie Antoinette) 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) married Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France (future King Louis XVI) and had issue.
 * 16) Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria 8 December 1756 in Vienna – 26 July 1801) Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and never married.