'Maria Theresa,' Austria's answer to 'The Crown,' has sold widely, with Walter's Choice taking U.S. rights to the Austrian limited series and sales group Beta Film closing deals across Europe. By ...

Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" On the occasion of the 300th birthday of Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780), many clichés about one of the most powerful women in history need to be ...

Austrians celebrated on Saturday the 300th anniversary of the birth of Maria Theresa, with plenty of concerts and Champagne to honour the only woman to have ruled the Habsburg empire. The empress's 40 ...

Alessandra Necci has long since accustomed us to a very personal way of telling the story and its protagonists. An evocative, engaging way, capable of bringing out the personalities, virtues and ...

Waltz into a grand Austrian celebration this fall on the Danube River on an eight-day cruise marking the 300th birthday of Maria Theresa of Austria, whose one-time titles included Holy Roman Empress; ...

On Dec. 13, 1740, the Prussian king Frederick II slipped out of a masquerade ball and mounted his horse at the head of 27,000 well-drilled troops. Three days later, he crossed the frontier into ...

The real Maria Theresa ruled the 18th century Hapsburg dynasty, which included Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia and other choice parts of Northern Europe, for 40 years. The river cruise ship that ...