*contains affiliate links* Empress Maria Theresa was the ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1740 until her death in 1780 and was Holy Roman Empress by right of her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. The couple had 16 children together, of which the future Queen of France – Marie Antoinette – was the youngest [read more]
Maria Carolina of Austria was born on 13 August 1752 as the 13th child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Empress Maria Theresa. She was just three years older than her younger sister Marie Antoinette, the tragic Queen of France. All the children began their day at 7.30 and always started with prayer. After [read more]
Read part one here. Maria Theresa would be the last Holy Roman Empress as the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806 after Austrian forces suffered a defeat at Austerlitz. Francis had to agree to the Treaty of Pressburg between him and Emperor Napoleon, which brought about the final collapse of the Holy Roman Empire [read more]
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily was born on 6 June 1772 as the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (later King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) and Maria Carolina of Austria. She went on to have 17 siblings, but only six of those would survive to adulthood. [read more]
Read part three here. The death of Francis meant that Maria Theresa had to rebuild her world. In the months following his death, she remained in deep mourning. In her prayer book, she recorded the exact length of his life, to the hour: “Emperor Francis, my husband, lived 56 years, 8 months, 10 days and [read more]
On 13 May 1717, Maria Theresa of Austria was born as the daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was born at the Hofburg Palace but spent most of her childhood at the Favorita Palace. Maria Theresa’s birth came seven months after the death of her elder brother Leopold [read more]
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