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Childhood & Early Life. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was born on May 13, 1717. Maria was the oldest surviving child of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Maria's inheritance of her father's throne was based on a royal decree entitled 'The Pragmatic Sanction'.
Maria Theresa is often portrayed as the matriarchal ‘Übermutter’ of the Habsburgs. The way she is remembered has been marked by a tendency to mythologize her achievements and person. The frequently uncritical idealization of her personality and actions has led to her being seen as the great mother of her country, a perfect embodiment of ...
What were some of the achievements of Maria Theresa of Austria? Choose two.(2 points) Responses Allowed freedom of speech. Allowed freedom of speech. Improved the nation's tax system. Improved the nation's tax system. Supported the use of vaccines for illness. Supported the use of vaccines for illness. Ended the Holy Roman Empire. Ended the Holy Roman Empire. Led the Army to victories over ...
Maria Theresa received the upbringing and education typical of a daughter of dynastic lineage, focusing on courtly deportment, music, dancing and languages. Even the choice of languages – exclusively the Romance languages of Latin, French, Italian and Spanish, but not the tongues of the Crown Lands such as Hungarian and Czech, as was otherwise customary for heirs to the throne
Wife andmother. On February 12, 1736, Francis Stephen married Maria Theresa in the church of St Augustine in Vienna. They became 16 children, two died in infancy and four in childhood. All the children had a happy childhood at a lively baroque court in Vienna. However, their education was dominated by a strict daily routine with their own tutors.
Maria Theresa (May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and, through her marriage, Holy Roman Empress. She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction to allow her to succeed to the Habsburg monarchy, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
The sudden death of her husband Francis Stephen in 1765 plunged Maria Theresa into deep despair, and from this time on she wore nothing but black widow’s weeds. Her elder son Joseph II became Emperor, but Maria Theresa retained control of the government until her death. In November 1780, the Regent’s health deteriorated.
