This ruler issued a law about "magic, witchcraft, divination, and the like" after an investigation into superstition led to "Remarks on Vampirism" being written by her Dutch physician Gerard van Swieten.
During the Orkuta blood libel, this ruler spoke with the Hungarian Jew Abraham Mendel Theben, although earlier she had instituted the Toleration Tax on Jewish subjects. This ruler issued a law about "magic, witchcraft, divination, and the like" after an investigation into superstition led to "Remarks on Vampirism" being written by her Dutch physician Gerard van Swieten. Manual labor could instead be fulfilled with money after this ruler issued one of her robot patents. An alliance with France was forged by this ruler's adviser Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz in the Diplomatic Revolution. Charles VI set up the legal path to the throne for this woman through the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. For 10 points, name this empress whose rule was contested in the War of the Austrian Succession.
During the Orkuta blood libel, this ruler spoke with the Hungarian Jew Abraham Mendel Theben, although earlier she had instituted the Toleration Tax on Jewish subjects.
Maria Theresa [or Maria Theresia]