The Spectator Australia11d
The enlightened rule of the Empress Maria Theresa
The role of personality and charm in running a state is one theme of Richard Bassett’s superb book, the first English ...
Tatler14d
Who was Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire, the matriarch who was a mother to sixteen children and who ruled for 40 years?
Joseph’s children followed behind the new heir presumptive. 23 years later, in 1743, Maria Theresa would be crowned Empress; an event where she was noted by a British diplomat as ‘most attractive’ ...
Maria Agnesi, the greatest female mathematician you’ve never heard of
An equally important blow was struck by an Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi in the 18th century. Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook and to be appointed to a ...
The Daily Telegraph17d
The haughty European empress who turned diplomacy into a dance
The 18th-century reign of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, was a blend of crafty statesmanship, ugly anti-Semitism and cultural patronage In October 1762, six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
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Maria-Theresa of Austria, at the center of 18th century power
So Maria Theresa circumvented the custom by retaining the title of "king". Moreover, she valued her title of Queen of Hungary and Bohemia more than that of Empress consort, which referred only to her ...
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World's Most Beautiful Coin Maria Thaler
The Maria Theresa Thaler is a silver bullion trade coin that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted in 1741. It was named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled ...