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Maria Theresa von Österreich

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: Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina von Habsburg
Habsburg, Maria Theresa van

Qualifications: queen, amateur, art collector, patron
archduchess of Austria, 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.

Nationality/school: Austrian

Born: Vienna (city) 1717-05-13

Deceased: Vienna (city) 1780-11-29

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Oldest child of emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick -Wolfenbuttel. On his death on 20 October 1740, she became empress, although she had to fight 8 years in the War of the Austrian Succession to secure her inhertance, in which she succeeded only partially (Frederic II of Prussia succesfully grabbed Silesia from her); her sister Maria Anna became governess of the Southern Netherlands. With her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, prince of Lorraine, she had eleven daughters, including the Queen of France, the Queen of Naples and Sicily, the Duchess of Parma, and five sons, including two Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II.

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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Literature in RKDLibrary: 6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Witt Checklist 1978 (as: Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria)

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Creation date: 1992-01-18; Last modified date: 2023-07-11

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