Maria Theresa

1717 – 1780 · Generation XVI · Archduchess of Austria (r. 1740–1780)

Maria Theresa (1717 – 1780). Archduchess of Austria (r. 1740–1780). Married Francis in 1736. Only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions; Charles VI's heir; founded the Habsburg-Lorraine line by marrying Francis Stephen.

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Parents

• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685 – 1740)
• Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691 – 1750)

Partners

• Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708 – 1765)

Children

• Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741 – 1790)
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747 – 1792)
• Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793)
• Maria Carolina of Austria (1752 – 1814)
• Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (1746 – 1804)
• Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742 – 1798)
• Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743 – 1808)
• Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754 – 1806)
• Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756 – 1801)