Princess Maria Theresa of Austria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Princess_Maria_Theresa_of_Austria
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:birthDate 13 May 1717
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Maria_Theresa_Walburga_Amalia_Christina
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vienna,_Austria
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Imperial_Crypt,_Vienna
gptkbp:child gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkb:Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkb:Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkb:Maria_Amalia,_Duchess_of_Parma
gptkb:Maria_Carolina_of_Austria
gptkb:Maria_Christina,_Duchess_of_Teschen
gptkb:Ferdinand_Karl,_Duke_of_Modena
gptkbp:children 16
gptkbp:coronationDate 25 June 1741 (as Queen of Hungary)
gptkbp:deathDate 29 November 1780
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Vienna,_Austria
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Habsburg-Lorraine
gptkbp:father gptkb:Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Princess Maria Theresa of Austria
gptkbp:knownFor educational reforms
abolition of torture
military reforms
enlightened absolutism
centralization of the Habsburg monarchy
promotion of vaccination
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Austrian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions
initiated major reforms in administration, education, and military
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Martin_van_Meytens
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:reign 20 October 1740 – 29 November 1780
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature MariaTheresiaSignature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Francis_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:title gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empress_(consort)
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ferdinand_Karl,_Archduke_of_Austria-Este
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5