Maria Theresa Research Paper

Catherine de’ Medici was the Queen of France. She was Italian, but she lived in Paris France and even taught some of the French how to properly eat with a fork. Some foods such as artichokes, baby peas, candied vegetables puff pastry, and truffles would have never been introduced to the French cuisine without her. The fork was used in Italy when the rest of Europe looked at it as strange, but with her as royalty using it encouraged everyone else around her to try it as well. Her mother was a French princess making her royalty from the beginning although she did not start opening up with her ideas about food until after her marriage as some people think she did it to fit in. Catherine did her part to leave her mark during the renaissance in culinary history. Even in questionable times as when she could not conceive a child, it was thought to have been cured from her dietary style. Though she struggled with fertility, her dietary changes helped her to conceive nine children. When she moved, she brought a handful of reliable chefs with her to encourage this special diet to improve

Catherine de' Medici was a French lady who was married into the royal family at the age of fourteen in the sixteenth century. She was different than other women during this time period, and she enjoyed studying astrology and the arts. She was also the one who ordered the Tuileries to be built. She formed a very close relationship with the King and her father-in-law, King Francis I, and even named one of her children after him. However, her husband and the King's son, Henry, despised Catherine, and openly had an affair with another mistress named Diane. Despite this, he and Catherine still tried to have children, yet failed the first few years of their marriage. Catherine was shamed by the people for not having children at this point, and some

Even though Marie Antoinette was all about royalty, she was more than just posing for the crown. Marie Antoinette's early life was pretty great. She was born on November 2nd 1755. Her parents were Maria Theresa and Francis I Holy Roman Emperor. Marie had 15 brothers and sisters, there names were unknown. She had 8 sisters and 7 brothers. Marie didn't really have any kind of education, she was homeschooled and wasn't smart either. She couldn't read or write either she was nearly illiterate. She was tutored by a old family friend, her name is unknown.

As queen of France, Marie Antoinette was a symbol of what the common French peasant hated of the aristocracy. She often had a cold disinterest in the common people, however being warm and outgoing to fellow noble aristocrats. Generally liked at first, she turned into the very thing commoners hated of the aristocracy. Through her years, her actions as queen, what she did during times of unrest and turmoil in France, and simply how the people viewed her attributed to her becoming of a villain to the peasants.

Isabella of Castile was born on April 22, 1451 to John II and Isabella of Portugal. At the age of three, Isabella lost her father. As her half-brother Henry IV ascended to the throne, with her mother and younger brother Alfonso, she moved to Arévalo. The living conditions in her new home were dreadful. This was due to Henry not abiding to his father’s wishes to provide for his wife and children after he past. Regardless of the money shortages and cold,damp living space, Isabella’s mother took it upon herself to instill a strong reverence of the Catholic faith into her daughter.

When Catherine the Great came to the throne, she was a young, intelligent and enlightened ruler. She had high hopes for Russia, she wanted to raise serf living standards, wanted an updated law book for all of Russia, and wanted to create a legislative commission council for the Russian people, and ultimately wanted to westernization the Russian empire. Unfortunately most of her dreams did not work out. When Catherine became empress she wrote the book of codes the “Nakaz” hoping to change Russia's more archaic laws. Unfortunately because of the nobles, she had only been able to get some of the laws approved. Catherine tried to create a legislative commission council. The council was made up of nobles, and courtiers, they hardly ever meet, and

She was believed to be one of the smartest and greatest rulers of this time. Catherine the Great was born on May 2, 1729 in Stettin, Prussia, what is now known as Szczecin, Poland. She was the daughter of Christiana August and Jonna Elizabeth. She was one of five children. She had two brothers, Fredrick Augustus and William Christian, and two sisters, Elizabeth Ulrike and Auguste Christine.

Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France, played a major role in the 1789 French Revolution. As a young woman of fourteen-years-old, Marie Antoinette was thrust into the royal spotlight and commanded to play a significant role in European history. Marie Antoinette is perhaps widely known as the lavish Queen of France, who, upon hearing the French people were without bread, supposedly said, “Let them eat cake.” However, the true Marie Antoinette was an intelligent woman, and despite her own extravagant lifestyle, displayed caring attributes and sensitivity towards the poor population of France. Furthermore, the French Revolution was an extremely difficult time for Marie Antoinette and her family. The Queen recently lost her son as the French

“ Humans have long used animals for a variety of purposes. For hundreds of years, people have hunted for food and clothing. Between 10,000 and 18,000 years ago, humans began to domesticate animals such as dogs, goats, sheep, and chickens as beasts of burden and as food,”(Encyclopedia). Despite animal cruelty humans have used animals to recognize there beauty by painting them in all different types of looks creating master peaces all through history.

Maria Theresa became the queen of Hungary and Bohemia at the early age of 23 after her father Charles VI died in 1740. As the last Habsburg prince, Charles VI created the Pragmatic Sanction, in which an agreement was made with nearby countries to allow him to pass his crown to a female heir due to fear of him not having a son, especially

Many people may know Marie Antoinette as being a wealthy woman who had it all and she did, but by the end of her life she was a prisoner of the war. Marie Antoinette had an interesting life that consisted of her becoming engaged at the age of 15. There are many things about Marie Antoinette that interest people, especially what happened in her early life, mainly the events of the Diamond Necklace Affair, what happened at the end of her life.

The increased revenue and cost savings of Maria Theresa and Haugwitz domestic reforms further served to strengthen the empire's army. Although it was peacetime, Maria Theresa saw the need to prepare an impending second war with Frederick II, as he sought to defend Prussia against Austria's newly formed alliance with France. In 1756 Frederick II once again declared war against Maria Theresa’s empire. His attack reached the pinnacle in the Seven Years War, during which Maria Theresa tried to reclaim Silesia. In 1762, when the Empress Elisabeth from Russia died, one of Austria’s greatest allies in the war, withdrew. It was now clear that the Habsburg Dynasty couldn’t win the war without its allies, in 1763 Maria Theresa and Frederick II agreed

From this statement, a conclusion about Maria Theresa can be drawn in regards to her personality. She seemed to be concerned for her children and their success, but she seemed more so concerned with how people would have viewed her if her children had done anything to embarrass her. Maria Theresa was considered by many to be a loving mother, always surrounded by her family. However, according to The World of Habsburgs, Marie Antoinette accused her of putting on a show so public opinion about her would be good. The website quotes Marie Antoinette saying, “‘As soon as news arrived of the arrival of a foreigner of importance in Vienna, the Empress surrounded herself with her family, brought him to the table and by means of this calculated demonstration of closeness evoked the belief that she herself supervised her children’s upbringing.’” Maria Theresa actually had rough relationships with quite a few of her children, many of which felt that she chose favorites and expected too much of the ones who were not. One major example of this favoritism is, her relationship with her daughter, Maria Christina. Maria Theresa actually allowed Maria Christina to marry for love, while she forced, arguably her least favorite daughter, Maria Amalia, into a marriage against her will for the purpose of political gain. This was all despite the fact that Maria Theresa herself had been allowed to marry for love, even when her father knew she would likely inherit the throne. This ruined the

On June 20, 1837, just four months after her eighteenth birthday, Victoria was paid a visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Conyngham. (Chamberlain) These men informed her of her Uncle William’s death, but then bowed before her honoring their new Queen. Her coronation day was set for June 28, 1838. (Kirwan, 190) Victoria came to the throne, the people of

She was an archduchess, and a Holy Roman Empress. Joseph II was another important leader. He was also a Holy Roman Emperor who tried to strengthen the Habsburg empire with his enlightened reforms, but his people opposed his changes very fiercely(biography). Austria had multiple big wars, but one of the wars they fought in was the war of the Austrian succession. It began on August 16, 1740. Frederick II of Prussia invaded Silesia, one of Habsburg’s richest provinces. His armies defeated the Austrians at Mollwitz in April 1441 and overran Silesia. This proved what the other European countries believed, that Silesia could not defend themselves. This ensured that the war would become general. Within a month, France had constructed an alliance with Bavaria and Spain and, later, with Saxony and Prussia against Austria. Maria Theresa derived her main support from Britain fearing that if France took Hegemony in Europe, the British colonial and commercial empire would be insupportable(britannica). Austria declared independence by concluding the Austrian State Treaty with the Four Occupying Powers.