Archduke - Wikipedia
WEBArchduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty.
Maria Theresa - Wikipedia
WEBThe second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archduchess Maria Theresa was born on 13 May 1717 in Vienna, six months after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold Johann, [1] and was baptised on that same evening.
Maria Theresa | Biography, Facts, Accomplishments, & Children
WEBMaria Theresa (born May 13, 1717, Vienna—died November 29, 1780, Vienna) was the archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80), wife and empress of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I (reigned 1745–65), and mother of the Holy Roman emperor Joseph II (reigned 1765–90).
Archduchess Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEB1. : the wife or widow of an archduke. 2. : a woman having in her own right a rank equal to that of an archduke. Examples of archduchess in a Sentence.
Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria - Wikipedia
WEBArchduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria[1] (born Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg on 17 February 1954) is the elder daughter and eldest child of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, and the wife of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, grandson of the last Austrian Emperor, Karl I.
ARCHDUCHESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
WEBARCHDUCHESS meaning: 1. in the past, a princess (= the daughter of a royal ruler) of the Austrian royal family: 2. the…. Learn more.
Maria Theresa - Children, Reforms & Accomplishments - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Maria Theresa was an Austrian archduchess and Holy Roman Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty from 1740 to 1780. She was also Marie Antoinette’s mother.
Marie-Louise | Austrian Empress, Napoleon’s Wife | Britannica
WEBMarie-Louise (born December 12, 1791, Vienna—died December 17, 1847, Parma, Italy) was an Austrian archduchess who became empress of the French (impératrice des Français) as the second wife of the emperor Napoleon I; she was later duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla.
Archduke | Austrian, Imperial, Dynasty | Britannica
WEBArchduke, a title, proper in modern times for members of the house of Habsburg. The title of archduke Palatine (Pfalz-Erzherzog) was first assumed by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, on the strength of a forged privilege, in the hope of gaining for the dukes of Austria an equal status with the electors.
Archduchess Gisela of Austria - Wikipedia
WEBArchduchess Gisela Louise Marie of Austria Princess of Hungary, Princess of Bohemia, Princess of Galicia and Lodomeria, Princess of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia (12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932) was the second daughter and eldest surviving child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She became a Princess of Bavaria through ...