Maria Walburga Amalia Christina Research Paper

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Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was born on May 13, 1717 in Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire. She was daughter to Charles VI and assumed the throne after his death on October 20 1740. Officially, she was Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She sought to improve the conditions of her people through absolute rule without tyranny. Upon her father’s death Prussia continued to invade the Habsburg province of Silesia which sparked a nine-year conflict knows as the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria later made an effort to conquer the lost territory back but was unsuccessful during the Seven Years’ War. She was married to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and together they had 16 children. Ten of which