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Because she realized French kings were no longer austria's chief enemy.
Maria Theresa of Austria had 16 children: but only 6 of her children had children of their own. In total she had 29 grandchildren: - Joseph II had 2 children ( 2 daughters, 0 sons) - Maria Christina had 1 child (1 daughter, 0 sons) - Maria Amalia had 3 children (1 son, 2 daughters) - Leopold II had 12 children ( 10 sons, 2 daughters) - Maria Carolina had 7 children ( 2 sons, 5 daughters) - Marie Antoinette had 4 children (2 sons and 2 daughters)
It was an arranged marriage that Maria Theresa (the mother of Marie Antoinette and Empress of Austria) and Louis XV (the grandfather of Louis XVI and King of France) arranged. Austria and France had been long time enemies and Maria Theresa and Louis XV thought it might do good to their relationship to have their countries united by a marriage of their (grand-)children.
Emperor Joseph II was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1765-90. Born in Vienna Austria, eldest of the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I.
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Maria Theresa, archduchess of Austria was the eldest daughter of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.
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She was born and she died in Vienna, Austria.
Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina
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Maria Theresa was the only female ruler of the Habsburg Empire which comprised Austria, Hungary, Bohemia among other European possessions.
To improve the empire and make it bigger and greater.
Maria Theresa lived in Vienna, Austria during the 18th century. She was a monarch or Empress of the Hapsburg dynasty. She also was the mother of Marie Antoinette.