maria theresa

Maria Theresa, Charles VI's heiress, was at the center of his plans of what might happen following his eventual demise. While there were plans dating back to 1703 that discussed contingency plans if the male Habsburg line was to die out: mainly granting succession rights to Joseph I's...

What if Frederick August of Saxony (1720–1721) had lived and married Maria Theresa? She was engaged to his younger brother for a time until his death

It's well known how Louis XV in the War of Austrian Succession returned the Austrian Southern Netherlands instead of annexing them outright. This was pretty stupid, as he only did it to look good (which of course didn't really work), and the annexation of the region had long been a goal of...

On a bit of Habsburg "what if" mood today, so here goes: In OTL, Leopold Johann, the long-awaited heir of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (and older brother of Maria Theresa) was born on 13 April 1716, but died seven months later, on 4 November. There were hopes that he'd regain health (since...

Let's say that, in 1755, Frederick the Great, fearing Austria's revanchism, renews his alliance with France in hopes of deterring Maria. In turn, Louis XV agrees, hoping to tie down some British troops in Hannover. To make this more likely, Wezel Anton dies of stroke around the same time. What...

What if "Maria Theresa" was a boy? How might that have changed history?

As you well know, the Pragmatic Sanction and War of the Austrian Succession happen because Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor had at first no children and then only daughters. Suppose though his son, Leopold Johann, born just over a year before Maria Theresa had lived to adulthood? Say he lives to...

I was wondering who Frederick the Great could've married instead of his OTL wife. The common trope is that he wed Maria Theresia of Austria, but I wonder if this is as likely as everyone makes it out to be? Friedrich Wilhelm I was a staunch Calvinist, and although he apparently would've been...

When you mix these two together, what do you get? A German Balance of Power. TL Inspired by this thread but it'll have a POD one doesn't expect: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-maria-theresa-marries-frederick-ii.442790/

Threads, which were playing with this idea are pretty old, therefore I hereby open a new one. So, what do you think about an union of the Habsburg and the Hohenzollern dynasties?

Austria and Russia crushes Prussia, Silesia is regained and East Prussia is ceded to Russia. Russia exchanges East Prussia to Courland (and maybe Polish Livonia) with the PLC. Meanwhile France loses it's power in India as OTL, but Britain gives back the French posessions in America in exchange...

A 'what if' that I've contemplated for a while, what if Maria Theresa von Habsburg had lost the War of the Austrian Succession? What would the consequences have been? For example, Maria Theresa secured the Hungarian throne independently of the Austrian inheritance, would the Franco-Prussian...