Empress Maria Theresa's Daughters, Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
  • Part 2: • Empress Maria Theresa'...
    Maria Theresa was one of the most powerful women in history. She reformed and modernized her empire all while having 16 children, 11 of whom were daughters, all named Maria. While the boys were educated to be world leaders the girls were taught to be good consorts and obedient wives though they often choose not to be. 5 died tragically young, two rested power from their husbands and ruled states, three became great patrons of the arts and one, Marie Antionette became Queen of France and lost her head in the revolution.
    In this episode:
    Maria Carolina
    Maria Johanna Gabriela
    Maria Josepha
    Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily
    Maria Antonia, Queen of France
    Sources:
    en.wikipedia.org
    www.britannica.com

Комментарии • 1 тыс.

  • @preyslaydisplay
    @preyslaydisplay 4 года назад +2155

    Just two Royal women....with an "intense friendship"

  • @atree9284
    @atree9284 4 года назад +1158

    Ah yes, Maria Theresa’s children,
    The forgettable
    The nun
    The forgettable 2
    The bisexual
    The pretty one
    The edgy one

    • @touche995
      @touche995 3 года назад +10

      Ah yes

    • @atree9284
      @atree9284 3 года назад +24

      asro christina

    • @milicavelickovic2421
      @milicavelickovic2421 3 года назад +41

      @@anttwo Maria Christina

    • @gabrielagutierrez86
      @gabrielagutierrez86 3 года назад +1

      😂😂

    • @est9949
      @est9949 3 года назад +69

      The bisexual one is my idol. She was a great ruler loved by her people amidst the French revolution.

  • @Dnwjhsuxbsgbsh
    @Dnwjhsuxbsgbsh 4 года назад +2942

    For everyone curious, they were all named Maria in the honor of Mary, mother of Jesus. The name was supposed to protect them. And also, they were not all referred to as “Maria”, but with their middle names instead (eg. Antonia, Carolina, Elisabeth, Josepha etc.)

    • @petradonna913
      @petradonna913 4 года назад +163

      my mother was French Canadian and had three daughters we were all Mary _________ for the reason that Luka has stated. My Uncle was Joseph Jean Pierre and his son was Joseph Jean Paul but we called them Uncle Peter and Paul. The Joseph was in honor of Mary's husband Joseph but I don't know what the Jean was for

    • @dylanthepickle6428
      @dylanthepickle6428 4 года назад +18

      Cool! I didn’t know that!

    • @EmpressNoriko
      @EmpressNoriko 4 года назад +48

      Luka Pecanac my best friend in junior high was Mary Ellen Walton. Not a day went by that someone didn’t shout “goodnight Mary Ellen” or “goodnight Johnboy” in the hallway. Anyhow all women in her family were named Mary with their middle name starting with E. However they all went by both names. They were Catholic. For those who are too young to get the reference there was a show called The Waltons and most shows had them saying goodnight to each other...a sister was named Mary Ellen and the oldest son was Johnboy.

    • @lynettekomidar
      @lynettekomidar 4 года назад +12

      @@petradonna913 John ?? the Baptist?

    • @angelabender8132
      @angelabender8132 4 года назад +44

      Males also are named Maria in italy, but such name follows the first, which is a male name
      Examples:
      Actors:
      Gian Maria Volonte' and Enrico Maria Salerno

  • @sarasamaletdin4574
    @sarasamaletdin4574 4 года назад +683

    The art style makes all the daughters look so similar it’s odd when some are considered beautiful but some aren’t.

    • @Indiegirl007
      @Indiegirl007 4 года назад +97

      Yeah, I was noticing that. How could anyone tell them apart in the art work? It's only in the personal sketches and such, is when you see personal definable facial features. I rather look at those, then the fancy Royal ones. I get to see who they really are, and not just what the artist and the crown wanted me to see.
      Like..... Did you know that Ann Boleyn was kinda unattractive? Even for her time. She had a giant mole on her neck! But we never see that, because of the artistic rendering.

    • @jadedmist
      @jadedmist 4 года назад +63

      @Altoid Bazingá you are very correct, an artist could be convicted if they produced an "improper portrait" many traits are added and removed to conform to the standards of the day.

    • @makaelaischillin
      @makaelaischillin 4 года назад +3

      Jordan Blue What about self-portraits?

    • @jadedmist
      @jadedmist 4 года назад +18

      @@makaelaischillin ofcourse if they studied art they would make a self portrait, however im sure they would tweak it for themselves.

    • @user-mp1is6ys7m
      @user-mp1is6ys7m 4 года назад +6

      @@makaelaischillin everyone thinks they look better than they are

  • @cinna_sultan
    @cinna_sultan 4 года назад +5638

    Keeping up with the Maria’s 😂😂😂

    • @Queenpurple99
      @Queenpurple99 4 года назад +57

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @desubysnusnu
      @desubysnusnu 4 года назад +145

      Ironic how the Marias have talents

    • @Damami4U
      @Damami4U 4 года назад +72

      Damn they couldnt fine another name maria maria maria hell nah

    • @Scweetoof
      @Scweetoof 4 года назад +56

      I feel like this would have been an interesting show

    • @cazkellie
      @cazkellie 4 года назад +7

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dressiestsphinxsebastian125
    @dressiestsphinxsebastian125 3 года назад +450

    Fun fact about Maria Amalia that I have to share:
    Despite not getting married to the man she fell in love with, Maria Amalia certainly didn't let history repeat itself and gave her oldest daughter, Carolina, permission to marry the man Carolina loved, Prince Maximilian of Saxony (even though he wasn't an heir to a throne).
    That's just awesome.

    • @twilight-princess240
      @twilight-princess240 Год назад +8

      Amalia most likely remembered what she had to go through in terms of marriage, so she must have wanted to at least spare her daughter what she had endured. I like that story though, that Amalia let her daughter choose to marry who she wanted because Amalia herself had been denied that choice. She's my favorite out of Maria Theresa's daughters

    • @dressiestsphinxsebastian125
      @dressiestsphinxsebastian125 Год назад +7

      @@twilight-princess240 She's also my favorite, hearing that story in particular was just heartwarming.

  • @autumnpeacock4156
    @autumnpeacock4156 4 года назад +557

    Can you image being labeled the most eligible to marry and then suddenly because your family waited too long to be completely unable to be married off??? That's rough

  • @antipower
    @antipower 4 года назад +2768

    I will go out of Quarantine as a very educated woman I guess.

    • @simonakatsman974
      @simonakatsman974 4 года назад +27

      Hear hear!

    • @chelyr5517
      @chelyr5517 4 года назад +23

      So will I. This channel is very useful.

    • @pamelaj1596
      @pamelaj1596 3 года назад +14

      RUclips University ... I’m here too lol

    • @ShareeMonique
      @ShareeMonique 3 года назад +11

      I would say the same but with my memory, as soon as I click out of this video I would have already forgotten what I've watched.

    • @beachboysswiftie
      @beachboysswiftie 3 года назад +5

      Ms.Love&Light Goddess oof same

  • @DollsAndSpooks
    @DollsAndSpooks 4 года назад +938

    Wow! Marie Antoinette may be the most famous, but her sisters also lead very colorful lives. I love Maria Amalia's life, she was the rebellious daughter who refused to be her mother's puppet.

    • @UIAL570
      @UIAL570 4 года назад +51

      Her mother was actually quite a loving one. She was just raised with royal values. What is ordinary to us was unthinkable to her standards of living and how a person of status should live

    • @KL-ki8db
      @KL-ki8db Год назад +11

      @@UIAL570 She was rather controlling, but then again, the paranoia of ruling a nation can do that to someone.

  • @Lisa59
    @Lisa59 4 года назад +707

    Popping out 16 children! And then having five of them die very young. Poor lady.

    • @definitelynotchristianslater
      @definitelynotchristianslater 4 года назад +90

      ^someone doesn't know how vaginas work^

    • @definitelynotchristianslater
      @definitelynotchristianslater 4 года назад +11

      Ok

    • @snailart9214
      @snailart9214 4 года назад +48

      @Flibbertigibbet6 it wasn't funny. I'm of the opinion that anything CAN be funny but your joke just wasn't 🤷‍♀️

    • @snailart9214
      @snailart9214 4 года назад +28

      @Flibbertigibbet6 fair. I think, and maybe this is too in depth for a RUclips comment but I'm self quarantined bc of Corvid-19 anyway - but the context is important. Of course I can't imply that you're a misogynist from one joke - but context is so important for a joke to work. One, like, biologically it is the male/sperm that actually dictates the gender of the offspring. So thinking about how this poor lady had 16 kids and it wasn't even her fault that they weren't eligible heirs is already not very funny of a subject. AND THEN, on tOP OF THAT, the fact that for most of history daughters/women were valued as less is also not that funny. So like, if we're talking about punching up and down, the joke just goes nowhere. If half of your audience is women, which it probably is skewed more towards women on this channel, ya' gotta think about the audience. Yeah it's just a RUclips comment but this like applies to everything. You can be edgy, but you gotta be tastefully edgy. Put that zest on there. Hopefully I don't die of coronavirus bye.

    • @snailart9214
      @snailart9214 4 года назад +21

      @Flibbertigibbet6 not an excuse - I expect HIGH QUALITY HUMOR IN THE COMMENTS.

  • @annabeckman4386
    @annabeckman4386 4 года назад +651

    Isn’t that sad that the prettiest daughter had all those issues in marrying not to her fault! And then that she got sick and “lost” her beauty. So much for being a beautiful person on the inside! So sad.....

    • @toadsupportgroup9839
      @toadsupportgroup9839 4 года назад +45

      Yeah but In the end she partied hard so art lease there is that

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 4 года назад +53

      I think Maria Elisabeth had the best life of them all. She did what she liked and had no real responsibilities too except a few ones when her brother Leopold assigned her some responsibilities.

    • @juliannah5721
      @juliannah5721 4 года назад +22

      @@toadsupportgroup9839 Mimi had a "blissful marriage and bonny court". Doesn't sound so bad.

    • @ruth078
      @ruth078 3 года назад

      @@MonicaTanAnLeng yes but she went from being the most eligible to losing her looks and at that point she couldn't marry at all anymore. Why do you think she partied and gained so much weight? Because she was happy with her life? I highly doubt that. Her life was tragic.

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 3 года назад +7

      @@ruth078, Maria Elisabeth was unhappy because she wasn’t given any position by her mother and brother Joseph II, not because she was unmarried. Leopold II made that clear in his diary after their brother Maximilian was assured the Archbishop-Elector position. Liesl threw a huge tantrum right after that because everyone in the family was appointed to some kind of position, whether direct or through marriage, whereas she wasn’t. It was a position she was after, not marriage. And there could have been, like in Prague or in Hungary. Even with the centralization policy. And she particularly didn’t want to be left as a “nobody” in Joseph II’s court, a brother who was not nice to her. It was clear to her that there were possible concessions but her mother and brother won’t do it. In Innsbruck, she was in some sort of First Lady social role, and when Leopold assumed the family head role, she was given a more prominent role and a bigger allowance. You see the old Elisabeth back in Innsbruck vs the one in Vienna after the smallpox. And gaining weight later on was a family trait - their parents and most of the siblings got fat, and not necessarily because they were miserable. And she still had royal suitors, post smallpox. Karl of Zweibrucken - hahaha- and her cousin Benedetto of Savoy. Karl could not be considered due to the Bavaria issue (just like in sister Amalia’s case) and MT and Joseph did not want to be generous to a Liesl-Benedetto match, like they did with Mimi and her penniless prince. And Amalia and Liesl liked parties so that habit was already there, pre smallpox. She also sort of adopted a baby girl.

  • @atree9284
    @atree9284 4 года назад +703

    “Maria, did you steal my dress?!”
    “No Maria, I think Maria did!”
    “I did not! I was doing the dishes because MARIA didn’t!”
    “Yes i did! And stop complaining Maria, you just because YOU are twenty four and unmarried, doesn’t mean we should all be unMARIEd!”

  • @IL-bq1eo
    @IL-bq1eo 4 года назад +1483

    *Two women enjoying each other’s company* Oh, what great friends they are!
    *Two women holding hands* Beautiful displays of friendship!
    *Two women kissing* They really do have an intense friendship
    *One woman dragging the other to her private chambers while smiling and winking* I bet they’re going to go drink tea and talk about their husbands and children like two female friends do!
    *One woman announcing their undying love to another* Time for friendship bracelets! Best friends forever!

  • @b4tw1ngz
    @b4tw1ngz 4 года назад +968

    Yes an "intense friendship".

    • @starlinguk
      @starlinguk 4 года назад +85

      *waggles eyebrows*

    • @SEGASister
      @SEGASister 4 года назад +106

      They were in lesbians with each other! (Though Mimi was likely bi given she loved her husband too)

    • @SGT676
      @SGT676 4 года назад +7

      @@SEGASister yeah thus same exact channel actually spoke about this

    • @koolnomi95
      @koolnomi95 4 года назад +69

      Just gals being pals...the same way Sappho was pals with women

    • @michelleforrester3636
      @michelleforrester3636 4 года назад +35

      Maybe this is why Joseph hated her so much. She was clearly a better lay than him.

  • @rx500android
    @rx500android 4 года назад +433

    Two women in history: **literally in love**
    Archeologists: "ah yes, just gals being pals!! Best friends :)"

    • @--Lissy
      @--Lissy 3 года назад +21

      It's historians-

    • @jwwsk
      @jwwsk 3 года назад +2

      Historians wha-

    • @theghostinthemirror8158
      @theghostinthemirror8158 3 года назад +7

      Archeologists???

    • @Komnenit
      @Komnenit 3 года назад +24

      Archeologists? Did they study their fossilized vaginas or what?

    • @isda3314
      @isda3314 3 года назад

      @@--Lissyoh hey other account

  • @tylerlasarow
    @tylerlasarow 4 года назад +904

    I knew this was going to be good, how is it possible we never learned about Maria Amalia in school? She literally was a bad ass!!!

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 4 года назад +29

      Powerranger Princess You’re not wrong. She sounds really cool.

    • @MichelleNovalee
      @MichelleNovalee 4 года назад +22

      Powerranger Princess Maria Christina was a badass too

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 4 года назад +68

      History books too preoccupied with Marie Antoinette. Amalia was way ahead of her time, insisting and making sure no one and no country interfered in Parma. She fought for the predecessor of the Risorgimento.

    • @-nele-p.1881
      @-nele-p.1881 4 года назад +27

      Cus she's a Woman, and History is written by men.

    • @est9949
      @est9949 3 года назад +2

      @@-nele-p.1881 Exactly.

  • @Miabia1000
    @Miabia1000 4 года назад +610

    Imagine being told that you and your sister are marrying a boy and his grandfather only for you to end up having to marry the grandfather I-

    • @twilight-princess240
      @twilight-princess240 4 года назад +57

      Oh man, that sounds so wrong. It would be a living nightmare.

    • @P3891
      @P3891 4 года назад +59

      ᴹᵃʳˢʰᵃᶫ ᴸᵉᵉ ᵀʰᵉ ᴾᵘˢˢʸ ᴰᵉˢᵗʳᵒʸᵉʳ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) something like this happened to Mariana of Austria. Being told she was going to marry her first cousin only 2 years older only to end up marrying her uncle 30+ years older.

    • @Stitcher1964
      @Stitcher1964 3 года назад +8

      Only she didn't marry the grandfather because she caught smallpox which scarred her face and ruined her looks. Marie Antoinette still married the boy.

    • @subway830
      @subway830 Год назад

      @@Stitcher1964 yeah but she almost did, which is still rough

  • @jeffreycater5447
    @jeffreycater5447 4 года назад +52

    That 3 year old was more articulate with her last words then I have ever been, in my entire life

  • @samijones5590
    @samijones5590 4 года назад +2507

    “By this time she was 24 and was considered rather old to still be unmarried”......while my 21st century 26 year old single self eats Doritos in bed while watching this 😭

    • @nette9836
      @nette9836 4 года назад +139

      Well, when you're lifespan was estimated to be around early 50s, things need to move quicker.

    • @Melissamoreau24
      @Melissamoreau24 4 года назад +112

      I was unmarried and still a virgin at 30... I would be viewed as a spinster I suppose.

    • @faye8694
      @faye8694 4 года назад +75

      Girl im 27 single, reading this without a care in the world.

    • @olly2027
      @olly2027 4 года назад +38

      Same except I’m 35.

    • @laurennyambura9174
      @laurennyambura9174 4 года назад +23

      Lol I’m 28 ..same here 😂

  • @vamphutao
    @vamphutao 4 года назад +245

    Imagine being the mom and say
    Hey Maria get over here!
    maria:which one?

    • @vamphutao
      @vamphutao 4 года назад +2

      @Scylla Lively Well 42 others laughed :)

    • @jadedmist
      @jadedmist 4 года назад +16

      Sitting atop the throne mother calls "Maria darling come forth" a dozen eyes suddenly pop open as they all scramble over on all fours. "Yes mama" say all the Maria's in unison.

  • @ewhitmo1
    @ewhitmo1 4 года назад +979

    Wait you're telling me a 3 year old said "I commend myself oh my God" ...????

    • @BriarMB13
      @BriarMB13 4 года назад +293

      While it might be a bit exaggerated, most three year olds are pretty keen when it comes to parroting things. No doubt she had heard it said before somewhere

    • @yaelfeder9042
      @yaelfeder9042 4 года назад +42

      I wonder about that too! You beat me to posting it lol!

    • @yaelfeder9042
      @yaelfeder9042 4 года назад +45

      Baylie Crowley Yeah, I was thinking that too. An older dying relative must have said it.

    • @BriarMB13
      @BriarMB13 4 года назад +47

      @Sue Taft I'm not saying that she wouldn't have been self aware enough to say those exact words. She probably had heard someone say them in a bedtime story, or at someone's bedside. She was self aware enough to recognize that this was an appropriate situation to use and parrot that phrase, most three year olds would be.
      Like....I don't get how that's a controversial or wild thing to say, kids parrot stuff all the time when they think it fits a moment. It might be exaggerated too, who knows?

    • @yaelfeder9042
      @yaelfeder9042 4 года назад +24

      Sue Taft Not like that. How would she know those exact words? Her father probably told her she would be an angel soon and to say her prayers. I don’t know how Catholics do these things but Jews have to say quick prayers before they die. I remember watching a video on the St Jude website and there was a five-year-old boy who’s parents told him he would be an angel soon and he remained calm. It probably went something like that but in a different context. At that age, she cannot know those exact words automatically. Take Baylie’s word for it.

  • @nomine4027
    @nomine4027 4 года назад +324

    I think Amalia and I would have gotten along famously

  • @erinrising2799
    @erinrising2799 4 года назад +590

    How do you solve a problem like Maria? Apparently just add more Marias

  • @MonicaTanAnLeng
    @MonicaTanAnLeng 4 года назад +40

    I have to add that saying Maria Elisabeth had no real interests is parroting what most authors say. She was hugely talented in music, able to play music at a highly technical level, and many of the musical pieces she owned is now with the state (Austria). She was a very gifted soprano too. Maria Amalia and her.

  • @SeabassFishbrains
    @SeabassFishbrains 4 года назад +52

    Can you imagine having 10 siblings that all have the same name as you? I feel like that's the ultimate "I'm going to have tons of children and not really care about any of them on a personal level." move.

    • @shishi6799
      @shishi6799 4 года назад +19

      Their first name's dedicated to the Virgin Mary. All of Maria Theresa's children's first daughters are named after her... except Maria Amalia's for obvious reasons.

    • @Goldrefinedthrufire
      @Goldrefinedthrufire 2 года назад +5

      They didn't actually get called by their first name. It's like all having the same last name. They went by middle name.

  • @KaylaNoelle1
    @KaylaNoelle1 3 года назад +71

    Mimi was definitely doing her sister in law and then she convinced her other brother to give her his son, omg good for her! I love how everyone was mad at Maria Amalia for being willful and bold but she actually ended up being a perfect political match for her quiet husband who just wanted to play with his kids all day. I bet he was thrilled to let her lead the country, most people don't neatly fit into their gender roles and many people lack the temperament needed to lead a country!

  • @SuperAlicecullen95
    @SuperAlicecullen95 4 года назад +206

    Hard to keep track of all these Maria’s

    • @TheLeonhamm
      @TheLeonhamm 4 года назад +4

      Think of it as a title .. with emphasis on the second or some other pet name - like Liezl, Toni, etc.

    • @janejones7638
      @janejones7638 4 года назад +8

      I think the worst part is when she recycled the name Elizabeth. I think it would be a slap in the face to her dead daughter. But that is just my opinion.

    • @changesomthing9874
      @changesomthing9874 4 года назад

      Joseph Blood yep

    • @valbea9958
      @valbea9958 3 года назад

      @@janejones7638 and Carolina, the name was used three times

  • @fishstix8025
    @fishstix8025 4 года назад +68

    Maria Amalia was always my favourite! I loved her willfulness and stayed true to herself.

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 4 года назад +138

    It’s so sad that women were only valued for their looks and ability to produce heirs. :(

    • @claudeusgothicus6453
      @claudeusgothicus6453 4 года назад +17

      Pretty much similar to today except for the producing heirs part...

    • @catspaw3092
      @catspaw3092 4 года назад +1

      That's how it was back then hell, it was like that in all countries.

    • @lilenwasnothere6867
      @lilenwasnothere6867 4 года назад +11

      @@claudeusgothicus6453 no there's a bunch of people that still think that way as well

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 3 года назад

      sad for some liberated women of today. They were happy too. If someone show them women on the streets from
      2021 they would hated life in 2021.

  • @sunniallwein86
    @sunniallwein86 4 года назад +36

    It's heart breaking to loose so many children, then they have to keep going on to have more because it's their duty.

  • @FerrariCarr
    @FerrariCarr 4 года назад +105

    Maria Elisabeth’s story seems the most sad; getting smallpox and ruining her beauty.

  • @marinazagrai1623
    @marinazagrai1623 4 года назад +50

    How could the daughters of a powerful empress not live lavishly when they controlled all that land...Marie Antoinette lived as a French queen, when her time arrived to be crowned, and then retreated with her kids away from court so she wouldn't have to appear always "puffed up" and "dressed to the nines" as the women in Versailles had to. Marie Antoinette was a foreigner in France even with the title of queen!

    • @kimm.8800
      @kimm.8800 2 года назад +3

      Normally, queens were always foreigners, since kings had to marry princesses.

  • @sisterstina3700
    @sisterstina3700 2 года назад +40

    fun fact:
    my mother adored Maria Theresia and had two daughters. One of them she named Christina Theresia. I am her. My sisters second name is Maria. I really like the reference...

  • @strawberries1186
    @strawberries1186 4 года назад +48

    I just realized, I've been with this channel for four years!

  • @turtleheartbreaker6514
    @turtleheartbreaker6514 4 года назад +11

    Am i the only one who watch this because it be more interesting than things on TV

  • @coronajewelry
    @coronajewelry 4 года назад +64

    maria amalia was definitely awesome, and had her own mind, not allowing her mother to control her life, respect! :D

  • @felipedeodonoju3953
    @felipedeodonoju3953 2 года назад +27

    Actually, Maria Christina’s monument (from Albert) is a cenotaph. Maria Christina is buried in the Imperial crypt in Vienna, beside Albert. You can actually see the little coffin of her daughter, Maria Christina Theresa, in the Maria Theresien crypt.

  • @IH8YT
    @IH8YT 4 года назад +21

    This channel is a true gem!!!

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova 3 года назад +21

    Most excellent Marias

  • @rach3092
    @rach3092 4 года назад +42

    "What's your name?" "....Maria." "Oh weird, your sister's name is Maria!" "Yeah I know." That must've been so damn confusing lol I could never

  • @maisiewaters5836
    @maisiewaters5836 4 года назад +134

    Please can you do a video about Catherine de Medici and her children x

    • @LindsayHoliday
      @LindsayHoliday  4 года назад +46

      Catherine de Medici's video will be out March 31st!

    • @BriarMB13
      @BriarMB13 4 года назад +1

      @@LindsayHoliday NICE

    • @raf015_2
      @raf015_2 4 года назад +2

      Thank you Lindsay! As an Italian I love to see videos talking about important Italian people. There are not many videos about her, I'm curious to see yours since she's my second favourite Medici.

    • @momolee5262
      @momolee5262 4 года назад +3

      @@LindsayHoliday What happened to the video about Catherine?

    • @judithnavarro9444
      @judithnavarro9444 3 года назад

      @@LindsayHoliday omg

  • @renzoojastro2147
    @renzoojastro2147 2 года назад +8

    Mariana's enthusiasm for collecting different types of coins reminded me of the game Murder in the Alps, in which the player collected various types of coins in different locations. Surprisingly, the setting of the game is set in early 20th century Zurich, Austria.

  • @davidmccarroll6808
    @davidmccarroll6808 4 года назад +28

    Mimi: the one time a royal lady had her cake and ate it too. You go girl!

  • @bentaylor6078
    @bentaylor6078 4 года назад +38

    Yes I love her daughters

  • @Ms.Histrology
    @Ms.Histrology 4 года назад +283

    I’m a little bit confused about the timeline in this video how could Marie Antoinnette have visited her sisters in the convent if they didn’t move to the convent until their mother was dead? Their mother was definitely alive when Marie Antoinette went to France to become the queen.

    • @moviesxmusicxlove
      @moviesxmusicxlove 4 года назад +71

      Youd be correct, as Marie's mother sent her many letters expressing disappointment that Marie wasnt producing children, amoung other things.

    • @kristi1189
      @kristi1189 4 года назад +36

      There’s two convents in question, I think.

    • @floraposteschild4184
      @floraposteschild4184 4 года назад +26

      It was another convent -- the more prestigious one that Maria Theresa wanted her to be abbess of.

    • @squeeky-brown7977
      @squeeky-brown7977 4 года назад +7

      The Little Renegade, this entire doc. was very full of unverifiable information, not very well researched. I checked the Wiki page link, and....crickets....

    • @UIAL570
      @UIAL570 4 года назад +3

      YES thank God someone else noticed this

  • @itzelmontalvo6645
    @itzelmontalvo6645 3 года назад +19

    They honestly need to make a TV show. This is so interesting.

  • @TheLordSheogorath
    @TheLordSheogorath 10 месяцев назад +1

    The story of Maria Christina and Albert is so beautiful. Every year she would write a farewell letter just in case so he would know she loved him deeply. What a wholesome story.

  • @definitelynotchristianslater
    @definitelynotchristianslater 4 года назад +35

    I'm new to your channel and I just wanted to say I love your content. I am not sure why I've been interested in history more lately, but I have and your channel is so awesome.

  • @lupusductus9406
    @lupusductus9406 4 года назад +45

    Thank you for the upload.
    In my family´s art collection are two original oil paintings from this time period since many generations. One is from 1759 and shows Maria Anna when she was around 20 years old. The other one is from 1766 and shows Marie Antoinette at the age of 11.
    This paintings are completely unknown in public circles.
    The painting of Marie Antoinette is truly lightening up the room, everything that meets the eye emanates refined, serene harmony, while the one of Maria Anna is giving you an impression of loneliness, sadness and resignation.
    Marie Antoinette was painted by Johann Sigismund Friedrich, 2. Fürst von Khevenhüller-Metsch, a Habsburg family friend and Envoy of the Austrian Emperor in Portugal and Torino. The painter of Maria Anna is unknown. I would very much like to show you this beautiful paintings but unfortunately it is not possible to post them here.
    (Apologies for my poor English)
    Greetings from Germany :)

  • @corinadarie6658
    @corinadarie6658 4 года назад +58

    Well, Maria Amalia is what the queen got for being a manipulative mother:))

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 4 года назад +12

      Agree. Maria Theresa was likely so angry at her own ‘failures’ in Parma, she didn’t even want to hear anything about it (circa 1777-78).

  • @twilight-princess240
    @twilight-princess240 4 года назад +44

    Amalia's my favorite out of all the Archduchesses. She always had my sympathy because of her abysmal relationship with Maria Theresa, and my sympathy for her only grew after I discovered that she was married against her will to the Duke of Parma. I always wonder if her relationship with Maria Theresa might have improved at least a little had she been allowed to marry for love like her sister Maria Christina. Oh well, we'll never know. But I do find it interesting that despite her terrible relationship with Maria Theresa, Amalia was kind of like her in the sense that she was the real ruler of Parma like her mother in Austria. It was something interesting to learn and worth noticing.
    However, the daughter I have the most complex feelings for is Maria Christina. Initially, I had liked her to a degree, seeing as how she was a huge sponsor of the arts and the like, but once I found out she was Maria Theresa's favorite and how the favoritism was painfully obvious...well, all I can say is that my opinion changed drastically. It's because if there's one thing I absolutely can't stand, it's favoritism that a parent has towards only one of their children. But then I realized that even if Christina was the obvious favorite, to the point where she was able to marry for love while her sisters could not, it really isn't her fault. She didn't choose to be her mother's favorite, and really, any of the kids could have been Maria Theresa's favorite. The favorite just so happened to be Christina. So in the end, even if I still don't like Christina to a degree because of her being her mother's obvious favorite and I understand how her siblings felt towards her because of it, I remind myself that it's really Maria Theresa's fault for even playing favorites in the first place, not because Christina wanted to be the favorite. Everything in the world is full of gray borders, after all. Nothing's black and white.

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 4 года назад +7

      Don’t worry, Maria Amalia loved her husband very much. Role of Karl of Zweibrucken was greatly exaggerated in the books. Yes, it wasn’t Mimi’s fault she was the favorite but she was really unpleasant to her siblings and even to their mother. One would think that with all those advantages, she can be more generous in spirit but she wasn’t. And that made me dislike her. Her dowry was not from her mother but from her brother Joseph’s inheritance from their father. Joseph was the sole heir and he allotted part of it for the establishment of his siblings. Mimi got half of the amount allotted.

    • @judithnavarro9444
      @judithnavarro9444 3 года назад +1

      @@MonicaTanAnLeng she write a lot

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng 3 года назад +1

      Judith Navarro, thank you. Read that Amalia wrote a lot of poems and letters. Can you please elaborate a bit on what she wrote about?

    • @kimm.8800
      @kimm.8800 Год назад +1

      @@MonicaTanAnLeng No she did not, and nor should she be expected to, considering that the marriage was arranged. It is well known that Amalia hade her mother for forcing her in to an arranged marriage. Amalia is worthy of great admiration, oposing a repressing system of arranged marriage denying women sexual freedom, by having lovers. Within that system, she was a true role model.

    • @MonicaTanAnLeng
      @MonicaTanAnLeng Год назад

      @@kimm.8800, I read her letters to close friends as translated in a 1932 biography on her. The letters were from several Italian noble families’ archives, if I remember it right. She loved her husband despite being in an arranged marriage. Their marriage wasn’t without problems but it was clear that she did.

  • @ladymirth
    @ladymirth 4 года назад +6

    Maria Amalia was an absolute legend!

  • @aceofspades8634
    @aceofspades8634 3 года назад +19

    Why didn’t we have a “Maria Theresa’s Grandchildren” series? She had plenty.

  • @alexandrazisk7091
    @alexandrazisk7091 Год назад +2

    Maria Anna needs a movie or mini series about her. She'd be quite the role model for young girls

    • @jesseleeward2359
      @jesseleeward2359 Год назад +1

      People love Marie Antoinette precisely because she was average. She was a parody of Versailles. The idea of a political figure being intellectually unimpressive and thinking about gossip, clothes, food, and perfume, intrigues people. Her admirers love that she is average and yet at the centre of attention. She was the truth of the aristocratic system and I think deep down she knew what her purpose was.
      Maria Anna would not gravitate toward that kind of materialistic environment if Versailles. She represents the ideal of the aristocracy. The best and brightest in Europe. The noble breed.

  • @samsterstitches
    @samsterstitches 4 года назад +18

    Always a pleasure to watch this channel!! Thank you so much for your hard work ❤️

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 4 года назад +13

    In the 1941 movie "The Hamilton Woman" starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier queen Maria Carolina of Naples(daughter of Maria Theresa) is described as the real king of Naples not her husband king Ferdinand.This is because she was the effective ruler of the kingdom who introduced liberal reforms -that is when she had to backtrack because of the French Revolution and the execution of her sister Marie Antoinette.

  • @eburel506
    @eburel506 Год назад +3

    It always surprises me to hear parents back then choosing favorite children. I would think they would love their kids equally.

  • @ameliekristiansson9340
    @ameliekristiansson9340 4 года назад +3

    Thank you, I have been looking forward to this so much!❤❤❤

  • @jessrosefawkes2721
    @jessrosefawkes2721 4 года назад +6

    Thanks again for another interesting and brilliant video Lindsay! Cant wait for part 2 :)

  • @avaa22_81
    @avaa22_81 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for making these wonderful and well-put together videos! I love learning about history.

  • @halicanzler4319
    @halicanzler4319 4 года назад +31

    How could Marie Antoinette have visited her sister in the convent on the way to France in 1770 when Marianna didn't enter the convent until after their mother died in 1780?

    • @helene4397
      @helene4397 4 года назад +7

      Her other sister was in convent by 1770.

  • @--enyo--
    @--enyo-- 4 года назад +74

    Do you think Marianna’s ‘pneumonia’ could have actually been active pulmonary tuberculosis (sometimes rarely not fatal), which then went on to Pott’s disease? (Hence the spinal trouble)

    • @jadedmist
      @jadedmist 4 года назад +4

      Yes! I thought so too. Things were commonly miss diagnosed in those times.

  • @geralynlovell5616
    @geralynlovell5616 4 года назад +2

    Your videos are SO relaxing! :) Thank you for making them!

  • @biruktyetyosef6014
    @biruktyetyosef6014 4 года назад +40

    I can't imagine what it would have been like if Maria Theresa, Catherine the great and Olga of Kiev went against each other or worked together

  • @alexysadams5302
    @alexysadams5302 3 года назад +9

    Could we see more videos about other Middle Ages nobility’s children besides queen Victoria and empress Maria Theresa? Keep doing what you’re doing Lindsay and love the videos

  • @de-vine2168
    @de-vine2168 4 года назад +49

    4:26 Sounds like she had Hypopara-thyroidism. This is a very rare disease. Hypopara is a disease that effects calcium, magnesium and Vitamin D3 levels in the body. Symptoms include: Tetney,twitching, tingling, muscle cramps,fast heart rate,high blood pressure, seizures, stroke and heart attack....ect I have never heard of someone from the past having this condition! Wow! So horrible. It was probably better that the poor thing passed away, for that time. This condition is extremely horrible and the poor child probably would have suffered tremendously if she had lived!

    • @de-vine2168
      @de-vine2168 4 года назад +3

      @Maria Kelly God bless you! And all of us who are able to take meds to control these devastating diseases!🙏

    • @basasbrenda
      @basasbrenda 3 года назад +1

      I have hypoparathyroidism because of thyroid surgery, i am dependent to calcium supplements, and only a Calcium push injection can help with seizures, something at that era didn't have. I can only imagine how painful it was for her to experience it, I am guessing it started when they stopped giving her milk? While hypoparathyroidism can lead to seizures, it can also be manageable with enough calcium, so food rich in calcium can help.

    • @de-vine2168
      @de-vine2168 3 года назад

      @@basasbrenda A calcium push injection? I've never heard of it?

    • @basasbrenda
      @basasbrenda 3 года назад

      @@de-vine2168 It's an emergency thing they administer when you're experiencing severe twitching. They give while on ecg because it's kinda dangerous to your heart. Been through it a couple of times.

    • @de-vine2168
      @de-vine2168 3 года назад

      @@basasbrenda Yes it is.

  • @JoyceGomesBR
    @JoyceGomesBR 4 года назад +1

    The Soothing knowledgeable voice we all need right now.

  • @kikiu1062
    @kikiu1062 4 года назад +2

    So happy your doing Maria Theresa :) and her children

  • @babygrandma8654
    @babygrandma8654 4 года назад +5

    I just love your videos!! Thanks 😉

  • @oneday141
    @oneday141 4 года назад +4

    Your videos always make my day! Can't wait for the next one

  • @yolandamedina2828
    @yolandamedina2828 4 года назад +2

    Enjoyed your video! Can't wait for part 2. TYFS

  • @marriannerayhill7734
    @marriannerayhill7734 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for this beautiful video. I found out I am related to Empress Maria Theresa and many other European royals and enjoy learning about them and European history.

  • @brianm4178
    @brianm4178 4 года назад +4

    Maria Amalia's life would make a great movie or show

  • @Jrr592
    @Jrr592 4 года назад +10

    Unpopular opinion, but I love Marie Antoinette

    • @SomePerson_Online
      @SomePerson_Online 4 года назад +3

      Starfishturtle I love her too, her story is really just tragic. She was married at 14, and forced to move to a place that she wasn’t comfortable with, and bullied daily for the smallest things.

    • @Jrr592
      @Jrr592 4 года назад +2

      SomePerson Online yeah she’s represented so wrong in most media

  • @blueshelties
    @blueshelties 4 года назад +1

    Can't wait for Part 2.

  • @TheFlutterflies
    @TheFlutterflies 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for your videos!

  • @jokerfacebitch
    @jokerfacebitch 4 года назад +4

    This family is a lot more interesting than I thought they were. Good work! You helped me get past the wigs for the first time 😆

  • @calliecraft5780
    @calliecraft5780 4 года назад +7

    More please!! :)

  • @sonshine5038
    @sonshine5038 3 года назад +1

    Excellent history lessons. Thank you!🌞

  • @Lovelylynn
    @Lovelylynn 4 года назад +1

    I love history and You’re Amazing as it! ❣️ Thank You for being Awesome ❣️

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 4 года назад +28

    You cannot make this stuff up, it's so wild.

  • @jadepeppermint2734
    @jadepeppermint2734 4 года назад +3

    These video's are amazing i keep learning way more then i thought i had learned

  • @serina091975
    @serina091975 4 года назад +5

    Love your channel😍

  • @queenisabella9380
    @queenisabella9380 4 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for this video I love history so much this video is brilliant💋💋❤️💙🖤💜💝💎🌹💐

  • @AuthenticInFashion
    @AuthenticInFashion 3 года назад +8

    I kinda wish you would have said: and Marie Antoinette, she became immortal.
    Because I think that is exactly what happened. She is as famous or even more famous than her mother.

  • @julialvarez968
    @julialvarez968 4 года назад +5

    I'm so excited to watch this 😍😍

  • @rened9654
    @rened9654 4 года назад +11

    Love your channel, I watch the new videos as soon as they come out like my morning news lol. Thank you for the great content!

  • @sweetlikechocolate437
    @sweetlikechocolate437 4 года назад +7

    Looking forward to the second part of Maria Theresa's daughters.

  • @mariatheresa7217
    @mariatheresa7217 3 года назад +5

    Hey My daughters love them all thanks Lindsay ❤️

  • @ailsa7471
    @ailsa7471 4 года назад +11

    Thank you now i know so much about Eroupean monarch 😀

  • @samash7302
    @samash7302 4 года назад +3

    She’s so innovative with names! 😍👌🏻

  • @Banekrz
    @Banekrz 4 года назад +1

    love these videos!!

  • @SallyTheWolf
    @SallyTheWolf 4 года назад +3

    As allways great video with a intreating stories

  • @cherryblossom2494
    @cherryblossom2494 3 года назад +3

    My favorite daughter of Maria Theresa is Maria Amalia because she seems like a cool and brave person, I feel bad for her because she didn't get to marry the man she loved because she thought that she could marry him because her sister Maria Christina married the man she loved

  • @ChristianSutter
    @ChristianSutter 4 года назад +1

    Wow. Putting these ladies together into a line up isn't easy! You do a good job explaining. 4 wives...

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 4 года назад +22

    0:04 - Sixteen?! I'm amazed there was anything left of the poor woman!
    1:20 - A three-year-old said that?? They must have been grilling her in religion since she came out of the womb! Also it's really sad that she died so young, but we all know about the infant mortality rate back then.
    4:35 - Again, really sad.
    8:12 - Seems rather petty.
    14:57 - Wow!

  • @tseamus8288
    @tseamus8288 4 года назад +3

    Thank you so much. I love the video! Yass Maria Amalia Yasss Duchess!

  • @rabidrabbitshuggers
    @rabidrabbitshuggers 4 года назад +3

    Maria Amalia is my spirit animal.

  • @redredwine1277
    @redredwine1277 4 года назад

    I enjoyed watching, very entertaining, thanks for sharing❤️

  • @maddiedixon8635
    @maddiedixon8635 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love how Alexandra Romanov, last Tsarina of Russia, got so much hate for giving birth to 4 daughters but Maria Theresa had 11 and no one said anything