Maria Theresa Research Paper

Maria Theresa: Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa was born on May 13, 1717 in Vienna, Austria. She was the oldest daughter in her family, raised by her dad, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. As she was maturing into an adult, the possibility of her being the one to take over her father’s throne was extremely high. Charles did not have a chance of producing a son, so Maria was a perfect candidate for it. Once her father died in year 1740, for forty years she started to rule and have full command. Gaining power over many lands was not easy. There were many obstacles in the way of Maria becoming a monarch. There was a Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, meaning Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law, this was so no female can ever have the ability of