Empress Maria Theresa

Empress Maria Theresa
Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa, with the Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen , the Bohemian Crown of Saint Wenceslas, and the Austrian archduke 's hat by Martin van Meytens in circa 1752.
Holy Roman Empress
Tenure	13 September 1745 – 18 August 1765
Queen of Bohemia
Reign	12 May 1743 – 29 November 1780
Coronation	12 May 1743
Predecessor	Charles Albert
Successor	Joseph II
Reign	20 October 1740 – 19 December 1741
Predecessor	Charles II
Successor	Charles Albert
Archduchess of Austria Queen of Hungary and Croatia
Reign	20 October 1740 – 29 November 1780
Coronation	25 June 1741
Predecessor	Charles III
Successor	Joseph II
Born	(1717-05-13)13 May 1717 Vienna, Austria
Died	29 November 1780(1780-11-29) (aged 63) Vienna, Austria
Spouse	Francis III Stephen, Duke of Lorraine (m 12 February 1736)
Issue	Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Archduchess Maria Anna Archduchess Maria Carolina Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Archduke Karl Joseph Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Archduchess Maria Carolina Archduchess Maria Johanna Archduchess Maria Josepha * Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau Maria Antonia, Queen of France and Navarre Maximilian Francis, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
Full name
Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina
House	Habsburgs of Austria (by birth)
Father	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholic

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.

Marriage

On 12 February 1736, she married Francis III Stephen, Duke of Lorraine, later Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Issue

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 in infancy.
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 issue.
5. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (13 May 1742–24 June 1798) married Prince Albert Casimir August of Saxony and had issue.
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 1746–9 June 1804) married Ferdinando I, Duke of Parma and had issue.
9. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (5 May 1747–1 March 1792) married Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain and had issue.
10. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (stillborn 17 September 1748)
11. Archduchess Johanna Gabriele of Austria (4 February 1750–23 December 1762) died in infancy.
12. Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (19 March 1751–15 October 1767) never married
13. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (13 August 1752–7 September 1814) married Ferdinando IV of Naples, III of Sicily and had issue.
14. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Duke of Breisgau (1 June 1754–24 December 1806) married Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa and had issue.
15. Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (Marie Antoinette) (2 November 1755–16 October 1793) married Louis XVI of France and had issue.
16. Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (8 December 1756–27 July 1801) never married.

Titles

• 13 May 1717  – 12 February 1736 Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria.
• 12 February 1736  – 9 July 1737 The Duchess of Lorraine.
• 12 July 1737  – 18 August 1765 The Grand Duchess of Tuscany.
• 13 September 1745 – 18 August 1765 The Holy Roman Empress.
• 18 August 1765  – 29 November 1780 Maria Theresa, by the Grace of God, Dowager Empress of the Romans, Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola; Grand Princess of Transylvania, Marchioness of Moravia, Duchess of Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gueldres, Württemberg, Upper and Lower Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Placencia, Guastalla, Auschwitz and of Zator, Princess of Swabia, Princely Countess of Habsburg, of Flanders, of Tyrol, of Hainaut, of Kyburg, of Gorizia and Gradisca, Marchioness of Burgau, of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Countess of Namur, Lady of Windische Mark and Mechelen, Dowager Duchess of Lorraine and Bar, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany.