What is Maria Theresa?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox royalty |image = Kaiserin Maria Theresia (HRR).jpg |caption = Portrait by [[Martin van Meytens]], 1759 |succession = [[Holy Roman Emperor|Empress Regnant of the Holy Roman Empire]] ([[de facto]])<br />[[Queen|Queen of Germany]] |reign = 13 September 1745 – {{nowrap|18 August 1765}} |reign-type = |succession1 = [[Archduchess of Austria]]<br />Queen of Hungary and Croatia |reign1 = 20 October 1740 – {{nowrap|29 November 1780}} |coronation1 = 25 June 1741 |predecessor1 = [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]] |successor1 = Joseph II |succession2 = Queen of Bohemia |reign2 = 20 October 1740 – {{nowrap|19 December 1741}} |predecessor2 = [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles II]] |successor2 = [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles Albert]] |reign3 = 12 May 1743 – {{nowrap|29 November 1780}} |coronation3 = 12 May 1743 |predecessor3 = [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles Albert]] |successor3 = [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1717|05|13|df=yes}} |birth_place = Hofburg Imperial Palace, [[Vienna]], [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1780|11|29|1717|05|13|df=yes}} |death_place = Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria |burial_place = Imperial Crypt, Vienna |spouse = {{marriage|[[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]<br>|12 February 1736|August 18, 1765|end=d.}} |issue = {{List collapsed|title=See|1={{plainlist| * [[Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737 – 1740)|Archduchess Maria Elisabeth]] * [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738 – 1789)|Archduchess Maria Anna]] * [[Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (1740 – 1741)|Archduchess Maria Carolina]] * [[Emperor Joseph II]] * [[Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen]] * [[Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743 – 1808)|Archduchess Maria Elisabeth]] * [[Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745 – 1761)|Archduke Charles Joseph]] * [[Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria|Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma]] * [[Emperor Leopold II]] * [[Archduchess Maria