FREEDOM has always been as precious to humans as life itself, and they did everything possible to preserve it. The symbolic ...

Nestled along the Bidasoa River, right on the border between Spain and France, lies a small yet fascinating territory known as Pheasant Island. This islet is undeniably a unique site of geopolitical ...

The role of personality and charm in running a state is one theme of Richard Bassett’s superb book, the first English biography of the Empress Maria Theresa since Edward Crankshaw’s in 1969. The ...

Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy Land – at that time spanning much of central Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland – on the date of her birth ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maria Theresa (1717-1780 ... alliances and marriages, she built Austria up into a formidable power, and she would do whatever it took to save the souls of her ...

Ascending the Habsburg throne in 1740, at 23 years old, Maria Theresa assumed rule at a perilous moment for her empire. The state’s coffers were empty and its vast population – which encompassed ...

During this period, many generations of Habsburgs followed—after the death of Empress Maria Theresa, tied to the House of Lorraine—including numerous margraves (princes), dukes, archdukes, emperors of ...

In one of its resplendent rooms, adorned with patterned red fabric wallpaper and a prominently displayed portrait of Empress Maria Theresa, Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria’s president ...

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followed by Maria Theresa, the Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, and mother of Marie Antoinette. Maria Theresa took the Florentine Diamond out of Italy to her native Vienna, where it ...