Madame De Maintenon Mary The Mother Of Washington Read More
Articles About: Famous Women ( Originally Published Early 1900's
) A. D. 1717-1780 "THE MOTHER OF GERMANY " The indulgent or
studious reader who has followed this volume from its beginning,
as we have come down the ages and passed across the nations, is
now advised that we have reached the career of a woman who, in
many great regards, can be compared only with Isabella; and each
person who contemplates the life-work of the two monarchs should
be left to decide which one of the twain is entitled to the
primacy among all the illustrious characters depicted in this
book. To bring the main facts of the biography of Maria Theresa
intelligently before the student and juror in this comparison,
we must convey an approximate idea of the regions over which her
ancestors held sway. In maps a little anterior to her time, a
confederation of perhaps 300 states east of France, stretching
from the North Sea to the Adriatic from Brussels to Venice will
be found marke