Maria Theresa
1717–1780 · Person
Heiress who fought Europe to keep her father's lands and reformed them into a state — empress-queen, mother of sixteen, matriarch of the Habsburgs.
On these timelines: The Habsburg Dynasty, Germany, Women in history, Master, Eastern Europe & the Balkans
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