Maria Theresa 's Children

Maria Theresa was married to Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine. Maria Theresa had 16 children altogether by Francis Stephen. She had 11 daughters (all of whom had the first name "Marie") and 5 sons surviving to adulthood.

Maria Theresa 's youngest daughter was Marie Antoinette or Maria Antonia. After her husband's death, Maria Theresa made her son Joseph II co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself, which led to tension between her and her son.

Maria Theresa 's children:

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1740-1741)

• HIM Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-1790)

• HIRH Princess Marie Christine of Saxony, née HI&RH Archduchess Marie Christine (1742-1798)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1743-1808)

• HIRH Archduke Karl (1745-1761)

• HIRH Duchess Marie Amalie of Parma, née HIRH Archduchess Marie Amalie (1746-1804), married HRH Duke Ferdinand of Parma (1751-1802); had issue

• HIM Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792), married HRH Infanta María Luísa of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. Grand Duke of Tuscany: 1765 (abdicated 1790); Holy Roman Emperor: 1790; Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia: 1790 (Heir-Apparent: 1780)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)

• HIRH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767), died of smallpox

• HM Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily, née HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1752-1814)

• HIRH Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Duke of Breisgau, married Maria Beatrice d'Este, heiress of Breisgau and of Modena

• HM Queen Marie Antoinette of France, née HIRH Archduchess Marie Antonie (1755-1793)

• HIRH Archbishop-Elector Maximilian of Cologne (1756-1784)