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Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria
Standard Name: Maria Theresa,, Empress of Austria
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Emily Lawless | EL
followed Maelcho with A Colonel of the Empire: From the Private Papers of Mangan O'Driscoll, Late of the Imperial Service of Austria, and a Knight of the Military Order of the [sic] Maria Theresa |
| Textual Production | Susanna Centlivre | The writer of the preface takes up the cudgels for Centlivre in feminist style, dwelling on the obstacles she faced as a woman, and invoking the achievements of other women like Anne Dacier
, May Drummond |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Antonia Fraser | The film appears almost deliberately to ignore some leading features of the book: its concentration on Marie-Antoinette's Austrian background and the role played in her life in France by her mother
's largely ill-judged advice... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Brownell Jameson | Her subjects reach back to the semi-legendary such as Semiramis
and Cleopatra
. ABJ
includes from England Queen Elizabeth
and Queen Anne
and from Europe Maria Theresa
and Catherine the Great
. |
Timeline
9 October 1740
It was this day in England when the Emperor of Austria, Charles VI
, died and was succeeded by his daughter, Maria Theresa
.
14 January 1741
Frederick II
of Prussia declared that Silesia, which he planned to take from Maria Theresa
of Austria, was as good as conquered.
Browning, Reed. The War of the Austrian Succession. St Martin’s Press, 1993.
43
1744-5
The Jews were expelled from Prague by Maria Theresa
; a few years later they were permitted to return, after a strong campaign by themselves and others.
7 October 1748
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the War of the Austrian Succession, known in North America as King George's War.
January 1756
Britain broke with the Old System by allying itself with Frederick II
's Prussia instead of Maria Theresa
's Austria (which it had supported in the War of the Austrian Succession). The stage was now...
January 1756
Britain broke with the Old System by allying itself with Frederick II
's Prussia instead of Maria Theresa
's Austria (which it had supported in the War of the Austrian Succession). The stage was now...
17 December 1779
It was disapprovingly noted what immense sums of public money Marie-Antoinette
was paying to her personal friend the comtesse de Polignac
.