The death of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
The last edition of our series, the Year of Maria Theresa focuses on the death of her mother, Elisabeth Christine. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was […]
Maria Theresia of Austria
The Death of Empress Maria Theresa
The next edition of our series “The Year of Maria Theresa: Death of an Empress” focuses, on the end of Empress Maria Theresa’s, the only […]
The death of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI
On 20 October 1740, Archduchess Maria Theresa suffered the loss of her father – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. When Maria Theresa was born on 13 May […]
The tragic death of Maria Josepha of Austria
Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Gabriela Johanna Antonia Anna), the twelfth child of Maria Theresa I, Holy Roman Empress and Francis of Lorraine, was born on 19 […]
Maria Anna of Austria – The learned abbess
Archduchess Maria Anna or Marianna of Austria was born on 6 October 1738 at the Hofburg Palace as the eldest surviving daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and […]
The second Maria Carolina of Austria
In continuation of our “Year of Maria Theresa” series, we take a look at the birth of (the second) Maria Carolina. Born on 17 September […]