*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 Theresa of Austria was born on 13 May 1717 as the eldest of two surviving daughters of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her father attempted to secure her succession to the Habsburg lands with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. She eventually succeeded him, although it triggered the War of [read more]
Read part one here. Joseph wrote, “My wife has become insupportable to me… They want me to have children. How can I have them? If I could put the tip of my finger on the tiniest part of her body that is not covered with boils, I would try to have children.” He was so [read more]
Maria Josepha of Bavaria was born in Munich on 20 March 1739 as the daughter of the future Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia of Austria. She was the youngest of seven children, though two of her siblings did not live to adulthood. The relationship between her parents is difficult to pinpoint. Charles [read more]
Read part two here. Whenever Isabella and Maria Christina were apart, they wrote each other letters. Unfortunately, Maria Christina’s letters have not survived, and they were probably destroyed by herself after Isabella’s death. However, she carried with her around 200 letters that Isabella had written to her, even taking them with her as she travelled. [read more]
Read part one here. By the middle of 1759, Isabella’s marriage to Archduke Joseph of Austria, the future Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, the eldest son of Maria Theresa, was arranged. He had reportedly seen a painting of Isabella and had fallen head over heels in love and refused to marry anyone else. However, this [read more]
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