Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans, Christina of Denmark, Philippa of Guelders, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, Claude of Valois, Catherine Opali ska, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Claude Francoise de Lorraine, Beatrice of Bar, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Christina of Salm, Gertrude of Dagsburg, Renee of Bourbon, Beatrix de Cusance, Margaret of the Palatinate, Adelaide of Leuven, Marie Louise d'Aspremont. Excerpt: Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: ) (13 May 1717 - 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress. She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, as the Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law which prevented female succession. Upon the death of her father, Saxony, Prussia, Bavaria and France repudiated the sanction they had recognised during his lifetime. Prussia proceeded to invade the affluent Habsburg province of Silesia, sparking a nine-year conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa would later unsuccessfully try to reconquer Silesia during the Seven Years' War. She married Francis Stephen of Lorraine and had sixteen children, including Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma and two Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II. Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Duchesses of Lorraine: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of Consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans, Christina of Denmark. To get started finding Duchesses of Lorraine: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of Consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans, Christina of Denmark, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Duchesses of Lorraine: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of Consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans, Christina of Denmark
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans, Christina of Denmark, Philippa of Guelders, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, Claude of Valois, Catherine Opali ska, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Claude Francoise de Lorraine, Beatrice of Bar, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Christina of Salm, Gertrude of Dagsburg, Renee of Bourbon, Beatrix de Cusance, Margaret of the Palatinate, Adelaide of Leuven, Marie Louise d'Aspremont. Excerpt: Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: ) (13 May 1717 - 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress. She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, as the Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law which prevented female succession. Upon the death of her father, Saxony, Prussia, Bavaria and France repudiated the sanction they had recognised during his lifetime. Prussia proceeded to invade the affluent Habsburg province of Silesia, sparking a nine-year conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa would later unsuccessfully try to reconquer Silesia during the Seven Years' War. She married Francis Stephen of Lorraine and had sixteen children, including Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma and two Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II. Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Duchesses of Lorraine: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of Consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans, Christina of Denmark. To get started finding Duchesses of Lorraine: Maria Theresa, Matilda of Tuscany, List of Consorts of Lorraine, Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans, Christina of Denmark, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.