* 1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria ( not actually born until 1717 ).

In 1772, Empress Maria Theresa commented on her preference of Italian composers over Germans like Gassmann, Salieri or Gluck.

Maria Theresa of Austria ( 1767 – 1827 ) | Maria Theresa of Austria.

Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was supported by the Croatians in the War of Austrian Succession of 1741 – 1748 and subsequently made significant contributions to Croatian matters.

The extinction of the Medici dynasty and the accession in 1737 of Francis Stephen, duke of Lorraine and husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, led to Tuscany's temporary inclusion in the territories of the Austrian crown.

# On 15 September 1790, to his double first cousin Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies ( 6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807 ), daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ( both were grandchildren of Empress Maria Theresa and shared all of their other grandparents in common ), with whom he had twelve children, of whom only seven reached adulthood.

In the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ) Maria Theresa fought successfully for recognition of her succession to the throne.

The Austrian branch went extinct in the male person in 1740 with the death of Charles VI and in the female person in 1780 with the death of his daughter Maria Theresa and was succeeded by the Vaudemont branch of the House of Lorraine in the person of her son Joseph II.

All kings elected from 1438 onwards were from among the Habsburg Archdukes of Austria ( and later Kings of Hungary and Bohemia ) until 1740, when the archduchy was inherited by a woman, Maria Theresa.

* 1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.

Luxembourg was invaded by Louis XIV of France ( husband of Maria Theresa, daughter of Philip IV ) in 1684, an action that caused alarm among France's neighbours and resulted in the formation of the League of Augsburg in 1686.

* 1743 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

* 1717 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress ( d. 1780 )

* 1801 – Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia ( d. 1855 )

* 1740 – Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria.

* Maria Theresa Reef

The political, administrative and economic reforms of the Habsburg rulers Maria Theresa of Austria and Joseph II improved the economic situation of the peasantry, and were well received by the emerging bourgeoisie, which was however still weak.

* 1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain ( d. 1683 )

While he cared little for who should become King of Poland, the cause of protecting the King's father-in-law was a sympathetic one, and he hoped to use the war as a means of humbling the Austrians, and perhaps securing the long-desired Duchy of Lorraine from its duke, Francis Stephen, who was expected to marry Emperor Charles's daughter Maria Theresa, which would bring Austrian power dangerously close to the French border.

To the Austrian emperor he promised recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a document designed to guarantee inheritance of the Austrian throne to Maria Theresa, Charles ' oldest child.

The French ( and their allies ), hoping for détente and good relations with the Austrians, now also recognized the Pragmatic Sanction that would allow Emperor Charles's daughter Maria Theresa to succeed him.

Once Amalric gave up on this point he was able to marry Maria in Tyre on August 29, 1167.

They were married on 4 May 1836 and Margherita gave birth to two children, Virginia Maria Luigia ( 26 March 1837 – 12 August 1838 ) and Icilio Romano ( 11 July 1838 – 22 October 1839 ).

When Charles became king, he gave the castle to his wife, Henrietta Maria ; he bestowed the stewardship on Robert Carey, earl of Monmouth, and gave it to Carey's sons, Henry and Thomas, after their father's death.

The Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, briefly regained the castle, with the earls of Monmouth acting as stewards once again, but after her death Charles II gave the castle to Sir Edward Hyde, whom he created Baron Hyde of Hindon and Earl of Clarendon.

In the autumn of 1623 Maria Eleonora gave birth to a daughter, but the baby died the next year.

In her diary Maria wrote, " I am utterly heartbroken and despondent, but when I saw the blissful smile and the peace in his face that came after, it gave me strength.

The dedicatory inscription in the fresco by Melozzo da Forlì in the Vatican Palace records: " You gave your city temples, streets, squares, fortifications, bridges and restored the Acqua Vergine as far as the Trevi ..." In addition to restoring the aqueduct that provided Rome an alternative to the river water that had made the city famously unhealthy, he restored or rebuilt over 30 of Rome's dilapidated churches, among them San Vitale ( 1475 ) and Santa Maria del Popolo, and added seven new ones.

Both Anna Maria and Europa gave up art upon marrying, while Lucia Anguissola, the best painter of Sophonisba's sisters, died young.

Not only did they impose themselves as moral guides to the people of Milan, but they also gave a great impulse to culture, with the creation of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, in a building designed by Francesco Maria Ricchino, and the nearby Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.

It was clear that Maria Theresa would outrank them, even though their grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, had his sons sign the Mutual Pact of Succession, which gave precedence to the daughters of the elder brother.

The Saxons and their allies were completely routed after a hard struggle, and Maria Theresa at last gave way.

On 13 February 1796, in order to prevent the spread of the revolt, the viceroy Filippo Vivalda gave to the Sardinian magistrate Giovanni Maria Angioy the role of Alternos, which meant a substitute of the viceroy himself.

He also reveals that Sobinski gave him a message for Maria and that the line " to be or not to be " was the signal for their rendezvous.

The marriage took place around the time of Stilicho's mission to Persia, and ultimately Serena gave birth to a son, who was named Eucherius, and two daughters, Maria and Thermantia.

Frank said that the investigation uncovered evidence that Maria Schicklgruber, Hitler's paternal grandmother, had been working as a cook in the household of a Jewish man named Leopold Frankenberger before she gave birth to Hitler's father, Alois, out of wedlock.

When Maria gave birth to a son ( John, a famous production designer ) in 1948, Dietrich was dubbed " the world's most glamorous grandmother ".

Maria Anna had six pregnancies, but successfully gave birth to only one girl and, after her first son Philip died young, finally to the future Charles II of Spain in 1661 — but he was sickly and considered in frequent danger of dying, making the line of inheritance potentially uncertain.

He owed his escape from the violence of competitors and nobles, partly to the tact and undaunted bravery of his mother Maria de Molina, and partly to the loyalty of the citizens of Ávila, who gave him refuge within their walls.

In 1738 he married the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, an educated, cultured woman who gave birth to thirteen children, eight of whom reached adulthood.

She gave him two daughters that survived to adulthood, Maria Theresa and Maria Anna.

In 2002, a retired Roman Catholic bishop gave his personal approval to the writings of Maria Valtorta, which had been on the Index ( though never in a printed edition ) and which have still not been given official Church approval.

She was 13 years younger than her beautiful sister, diva Maria Malibran, but her father made Pauline his favorite and trained her on the piano and also gave her singing lessons.

Max Joseph sued for peace and gave his support for the candidacy of Maria Theresa's husband, Francis Stephen, in the coming Imperial election for the vacant throne.