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Maria Theresa of Austria
At 23, Maria Theresa assumes the rulership of a multi-ethnic empire stretching from Austria to the Netherlands and from Italy to Bohemia and Silesia. Of strict Catholic upbringing, her life’s work is devoted to the stability of the Habsburg Empire. The monarch is regarded as self-confident, strong-willed and decisive. Maria Theresa knows full well how to resist attacks on her empire, even though, as a woman, she cannot lead the imperial troops herself. Professing eagerness for reform, she yet remains critical of all modernisation: her ideal is that of an all-powerful sovereign ruling a disciplined, strictly Catholic people and leading her dynasty to new heights of greatness.
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