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I. Who was Maria Theresa A. Daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI B. One of the great reforming monarchs of the 18th century. C. Upon her father’s death she acquired many titles including the Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. D. Married Francis Stephen of Lorraine in 1736 who became the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I E. Had sixteen children including 2 emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II and Marie Antoinette, later Queen of France. F. First woman to rule the Austrian Duchy G. Four years before Maria Theresa was born, Charles was pressuring other royal families in Europe to allow a female child of his to inherit his lands should he die without a male child. H. Although many of the great powers of Europe agreed to support Maria Theresa's claim to the throne while Charles was alive, when Charles died, she had to fight to keep her lands and her crowns. I. Maria Theresa was a pious Catholic empress working within the structure of a paternalistic, baroque absolutism and was unsympathetic to the Enlightenment J.
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