This woman championed educational reforms implemented by the Dutchman Gerhard van Swieten.
This woman championed educational reforms implemented by the Dutchman Gerhard van Swieten. She oversaw the implementation of the much-derided Chastity Commission and the Robot Patent. One of her children signed the Declaration of Pillnitz with his Prussian counterpart. Another granted limited freedom of worship for non-Catholics with the Edict of Toleration. That son, with whom she ruled for fifteen years, started the War of Bavarian Succession. This woman came to the throne after her father, Charles VI, signed the Pragmatic Sanction, and her accession sparked the War of Austrian Succession. For 10 points, name this wife of Francis I and mother of Joseph II and Leopold II, an enlightened despot who effectively ruled the Holy Roman Empire for much of the 17th century.
This woman championed educational reforms implemented by the Dutchman Gerhard van Swieten.
Maria Theresa