Sarcophagus of Empress Theophanu

Sarcophagus of Saint Catherine beneath the High Altar of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

* 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress ( d. 1649 )

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

While residing here he captivated and seduced the beautiful daughter of the prince, Philippa, sister of the Empress Maria.

In 1180 the Emperor Manuel died and was succeeded by his ten year old son Alexios II, who was under the guardianship of his mother, Empress Maria.

Soon afterwards he had the Empress Maria imprisoned and then killed ( forcing a signature from the child Emperor Alexius to put his mother to death ), by Pterygeonites and the hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos.

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

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.

* 1787 – Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia ( d. 1816 )

Christian pendant of Empress Maria ( empress ) | Maria, daughter of Stilicho, and wife of Honorius.

# 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.

* 1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil ( d. 1826 )

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

Maria Feodorovna ( 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928 ), born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, later styled Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III.

Empress Maria with her son, future Nicholas IIThe family of Alexander III being blessed by Jesus Christ in a portrait by Makarov. On the morning of 13 March 1881, Alexander II, aged sixty-two, was killed by a bomb on the way back to the Winter Palace from a military parade.

Empress Maria Fyodorovna and her husband Alexander III of Russia | Emperor Alexander III vacationing in Copenhagen in 1893

Emperor Nicholas II and his mother Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna in 1896.

Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mistress of Langinkoski retreat, was also otherwise a known friend of Finland.

Despite the overthrow of the monarchy in 1917, the former Dowager Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia.

This was not surprising as Maria was merely a deposed Dowager Empress while her older sister was a popular Dowager Queen.

For them, Maria still remained the Empress.

* 1745 – Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire ( d. 1792 )

Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna ( Dagmar of Denmark ) | Maria Fiodorovna in a Head-Dress Decorated with Pearls by Ivan Kramskoi ( 1880s ) Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

Wife of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland, then of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, by whom she became grandmother of the two brothers who married Empress Maria Theresia and her sister.

and sister of Empress Maria Theresia.

* Long-time family retainer and governess to Empress Maria Theresia, her sisters and her children.

* Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.

* Second son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.

* Fourth son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.

Uncle of Emperor Franz I Stephen, the husband of Empress Maria Theresia.

* Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia.

They include statues to Goethe, Schiller, Empress Maria Theresia, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Archduke Charles of Austria, the founders of the First Austrian Republic, Athena, Andreas von Liebenberg, Count Radetzky, Georg Coch, and Johann Strauss amongst many.

But almost a century before, when the banker and protector of arts Karl Wetzler Wetzlar von Plankenstern was created a Freiherr by Empress Maria Theresia, he converted to Catholicism.

Reutter later advanced to the position of court Kapellmeister, and Empress Maria Theresia gave him the sole management of the court orchestra in 1751.

*: Image: HabsburgStammtafelGruftMTheresia56. png for " Zegelchart Empress Maria Theresia, " the third in the series.

Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia buried in the Kaisergruft in Vienna, showing relationships, life spans and tomb numbers as described in Imperial Crypt.

*: Image: HabsburgStammtafelGruftMTheresia56. png for " Zegelchart Empress Maria Theresia, " the third in the series.

*: Image: HabsburgStammtafelGruftMTheresia56. png for " Zegelchart Empress Maria Theresia, " the third in the series.

It also illustrates how Empress Maria Theresia and her sister ( 39 ) married two brothers descended from her great aunt ( 18 ).

*: Image: HabsburgStammtafelGruftMTheresia56. png for " Zegelchart Empress Maria Theresia, " referred to here.

*: Image: HabsburgStammtafelGruftMTheresia56. png for Zegelchart Empress Maria Theresia, the next in the series.

Wife of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland, then of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, by whom she became grandmother of the two brothers who married Empress Maria Theresia and her sister.

and sister of Empress Maria Theresia.

* Long-time family retainer and governess to Empress Maria Theresia, her sisters and her children.

* Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.

* Second son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.

* Fourth son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia.