Maria Theresa plans marriages for her children (Maria Theresia s03e01)

[@Laurel010203]

"Ladies, a man always needs a bit of renovation first. That is the nature of the thing." that killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SkepticalChris]

It is SO refreshing to have a scene conducted in the character's actual native languages, or a closest proximation, rather than every European royal in every era, speaking British English.

[@gyratedpastry]

maybe because... its made in an english speaking country... why force them to learn another language lol

[@PPfilmemacher]

@@gyratedpastryWhat?! Your reading comprehension is obviously terrible! Your praises the exact opposite of wat the original comment have criticized.

[@BarbaraMarieLouise]

Well, it’s an Austrian production. And the actors are Austrian actors. So, yes, we know our history and we love it and we look at it also with a dark humor. There are a lot of anecdotes.

[@CourtneyPielok]

''Then you will put a big hat on his head.'' 😂😂😂😂

[@sebastianazocar2368]

That little boy is Maria Theresa last child, Maximilian Francis, who was Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and Archbishop and Elector Of Cologne

[@greekre]

she was a luciferian

[@fan2jnrc]

He did not make a good impression when he visited his sister in France later in 1775. He multiplied blunders and clumsinesses, and in Versailles was nicknamed "l'archibête" ("the archdumb"). Even the slightly embarrassed Marie-Antoinette hastened his departure.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

@@fan2jnrc yup, one of the reasons why Marie Antoinette’s popularity declined was because of her brother’s clumsiness and indifference to Paris and he only grow French hate towards the Austrians.

[@fan2jnrc]

@@sebastianazocar2368 But when Joseph II came to France in his turn in 1777, he remedied this bad impression. While he was moderately appreciated at Versailles for his jibes and outspokenness about court customs and fashions (notably the red on the ladies' cheeks), he was a great success in Paris for his affectation of simplicity and his interest in all intellectual, political and scientific subjects. He even took care to make amends for a blunder Maximilian had made with the great naturalist Buffon.

[@antoinemozart243]

Je suppose que vous êtes francais. Concernant ce fameux voyage, Joseph 2 pouvait abuser les français qui le connaissaient mal mais pas les Allemands qui ne le connaissaient que trop bien. Les princes allemands se moquaient de sa fausse modestie et ont tout fait pour lui compliquer son escapade. Connaissant son Joseph 2 par coeur le Duc de Wurtemberg a ordonné d'enlever toutes les enseignes des auberges le forçant à coucher chez un hôte de haut rang et dévoilant son incognito.

[@rovhalt6650]

Wow. I have to watch this show. So many life lessons in one short 4 minute scene.

[@alliccat5482]

Life Lessons? Tell please ..Curious to hear what you think those are?

[@achaudhari101]

And only 5 of her kids had kids while the rest either died young, refused to have children, or had kids that died very young. Honestly I’m surprised Theresa even had 24 grandkids and most of them came from her sons.

[@Lily1127channel]

Which one of her children refused to have children? She had 16 children. 6 of them died before reaching marrying age. 2 of them caught smallpox and although survived, the poor girls became scarred and unable to marry (not their decision, it was the unfortunate consequences of the smallpox). 7 of them had children. One of them, the youngest boy did not have children because he joined the Church, as it was custom among the Habsburg "spare" boys. I know of no children of MT who actually refused to have children.

[@achaudhari101]

I phrased it wrong then unless going to a convent was considered back then as refusal to have children like 4-5 of her daughters did. The ones that had a lot of children were: Leopold II Maria Carolina Archduke Ferdinand Karl Marie Antoinette The rest like I said and you said either died young, had children that died young, or, for the Princesses in particular, chose the life of a nun.

[@Lily1127channel]

@achaudhari101 Only 2 of her daughters joined convent, Maria Anna and Maria Elisabeth. And for both of them, it was not a choice, or refusal ti have children, it was a sad consequence of the smallpox scars on their faces that made them unavailable for marriage. If not for the smallpox, they would have certainly married. After the smallpox, they didn't have much of a choice, they kinda had to become abbesses ☹ Maria Amalia also had a lot of children.

[@bigbarry8343]

Hapsburgs were known for destroying other dynasties through barren / ill brides.

[@jamiemohan2049]

​@@achaudhari101Maria Anna was never marriageable. She was considered disabled and her mother didnt want her to marry. She didnt refuse to marry she wasnt allowed too, her mother believed her to be useless. Maria Elisabeth was the most sought after bride and her mother and brother wanted to secure her the most important marriage. But she was horribly disfigured due to an illness at 24 and so was not eligible anymore. She (Maria Elisabeth) hated this. None of her kids refused marriage, they wouldn't have gotten away with that. I dunno why you are acting as if the kids who produced a small amount of kids themselves or kids that died means they refused marriage. Maria Carolina and her brother were obviously more fertile then the rest. Maria Christina, Joseph, Francis, Maria Carolina, Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette), Maria Amalia and the other brother who married the Italian lady all married and had kids. That is 7 of her 10 kids who lived long enough to marry who got married. The youngest brother entered the church cause his parents decided that. That is a lot of marriages. 2 girls who werent allowed to marry and a son destined for the church. They had to do what mother said. Now obviously only 4 of her kids still have descendants to this day but how is this a sign Maria Theresas children refused to marry? Maria Christina had a stillbirth that left her sterile, Joseph's 1st wife died young in childbirth, he didnt wanna remarry and was forced to take a 2nd wife, he wasnt allowed to refuse. He got his wife (1st wife) pregnant 4 times, 2 childbirths and 2 daughters who died young. Marie Antoinette had 4 kids, 1 who lived to adulthood and suffered a miscarriage that may have sterilised her. Not everyone in history was fertile and lucky enough to have healthy children, it is a sign of bad luck not really anything else.

[@joshuafess4295]

I started watching some of the series years ago, and was absolutely fascinating and hope they seem to done such a fantastic job of not only the hissed historical aspect that the portraying of the characters were probably as life like to bring them to the screen as you could imagine. Especially with Maria, Teresa, France, Steven, and Joseph, and Joseph’s two wives.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

As for Marianna, she contracted pneumonia for those years so, Maria Theresa didn’t marry her with anyone and she became abbess

[@bigbarry8343]

Hapsburgs married 2 women with epilepsy to Polish king in XVI century. Both were barren.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

@@bigbarry8343 That Polish King was Sigismund II Augustus, whose death without issue put to an end the Jagiellonian dynasty.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

@@bigbarry8343 I guess Maria Theresa learned that her family made a serious mistake in the past so, she simply didn’t make the same mistake to prevent that the Habsburg’s image and reputation won’t be tainted again because only health problems. And so Maria Theresa married only her daughters who were completely healthy.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

@@bigbarry8343WTF is this "XVI century" nonsense? If you mean the 16th century, write that; centuries are described using proper Arabic numbers, not that Roman crap.

[@javierorts5188]

Leopold married one of the most beautiful and kindest princess in Europe, Maria Luisa de Borbon. Maria Teresa was delighted with her.

[@MonicaTanAnLeng]

But Maria Luisa of Spain was not her favorite daughter in law. Beatrice of Modena was. She also thought Maria Luisa was too much of an angel. Too kind (but I agree she was very kind and that is always a good thing.)

[@ArtemisScribe]

"Let others wage war. You, happy Austria, marry."

[@mrgopnik5964]

This statement is kinda ironic, considering the fact that troughout the 19th century the Habsburgs were the most relative-isolated royal house in Europe. Queen Victoria played the same game as Maria Theresa, marrying off her daughters to important rulers, however unlike Maria Theresa, her daughters were far more successful in making children, which lead to pretty much all European monarchs being close relatives. Except for the Habsburgs, because the Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph married for love and he ruled for what was seen as eternity at that point, while his presumed successor did the same (before he got his brains blown out by a Serbian terrorist)

[@glitzerplastikchichi]

@@mrgopnik5964 Emperor Franz Joseph also married for love, but not exclusively. The fact that he married one of his cousins ​​was also politically desired so as not to offend any of the major powers in Europe.

[@lisar9800]

Well, he married for love alright. One sided love. He was supposed to marry one of his cousins, preferably from Bavaria. Also, the Habsburgs were deeply Catholic so their brides had to be catholic, but there weren't many Catholic monarchies left in Europe, mostly small duchies.

[@anjadjurovic9617]

And yet, Habsburgs lost military wise in ww1 and never recovered

[@Helga7850]

For the record: Marie Antoinette was absolutely frivolous and spoiled. Absolutely no attitude for the art of ruling. Maria Carolina of Naples became one of the most enlightened monarchs in Europe and her kingdom lived a golden age thanks to her great intelligence.

[@vollhov2370]

Would you like me to tell you a terrible secret? Marie Antoinette could not possibly rule in France; according to French law, the queen does not have the right to interfere in state affairs, which is why she was involved in fashion and children. She adopted children and they were raised on an equal footing with their relatives, they became involved in charity work, and the queen’s money helped fund orphanages.

[@growingstrong1009]

But she also turned Naples into a police state and reversed some of her enlightenment policies due to the French Revolution and understandably - Marie Antoinettes execution ...

[@vollhov2370]

Marie Antoinette was not frivolous and spoiled, for about 4 years she was young and had fun like everyone else, after which she began to spend more time with the children. In addition, her costs were less than those of previous queens of France. Stop spreading this misconception already.

[@Helga7850]

@@vollhov2370 Read the sources: her brother Joseph the emperor visited her scolding her about her frivolous expenses and her expensive friendships. This is not the lifestyle of a queen. Maria Carolina had another lifestyle, she was like Maria Theresia: very simple and very intelligent. She fired Tanucci and ruled with balance.

[@vollhov2370]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYurZo2bfKeieK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4akapyAmLVofbc subtitles are available in English. All expenses of the queen, for the entire period of reign - about 7 million. livres (Napoleon's wife, Josephine, spent 6 million on herself PER YEAR!) Of these, about 3 million were spent on various outfits and entertainment, and other "Trianons". AND 3.2 MILLION LIVERS WAS SPENT ON CHARITY. For reference: the budget deficit of France, in 1789, was about 300 million livres. How much the queen was guilty of this shortage is easy to calculate ... Home "Antoinette's feature: The queen did not love cakes, and not even outfits. She loved children. Throughout France, with the money of the queen, orphanages and prototypes of the Children's Homes were opened (by the way, during the revolution, many of these shelters were closed, and children were simply thrown out into the street, into street children) The queen herself had several adopted children who were brought up on an equal footing with her relatives, as well as many scholarship holders, to whom she paid for education. She gave dowries to the girls. In the hungry winter of 1787, the queen not only gave all her personal savings to the parishes of Paris to help poor children (500 thousand livres), but also gutted the piggy bank of children (70 thousand livres), persuading them to refuse new outfits and gifts ... Philippe Huisman et Marguerite Jallut "Marie-Antoinette, le imposible bonheur"

[@sebastianazocar2368]

Finally, she mentions the seven years war.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this lili! Love your content ❤❤❤❤

[@Tessa-vz1qb]

Maria-Thérèsa really fumbled the bag with Antonia's education 💀

[@cmhughes8057]

It was not her fault, Antonia was not a very good student, very good natured but not a scholar at all.

[@theelitemanticore151]

Marie Antoinette flopped in her education, but she did well with instruments and dancing.

[@MonicaTanAnLeng]

Yes, she couldn’t focus….as a child and as an adult. Plus her education was not correctly supervised. MA was the spare archduchess, MT was not focused on her at all until the smallpox deaths/disfigurement in their family.

[@irawilliams343]

Sacrificing an offspring's happiness for the sake of peace and stability is what a great monarch does. Duty first, self comes second.

[@calliefinck6275]

even if their children suffer in the end

[@irawilliams343]

@@calliefinck6275 that's what it means to be royal.

[@fernandopuig3634]

Wills and Kate seem to think family comes first and then the crown, even though the crown must always win

[@Lily1127channel]

@@fernandopuig3634 It is completely different now, in a 21st century constitutional monarchy where hardly anything depends on the monarch and everything is decided by the Parliament, than in an absolute monarchy in the 18th century when you were responsible for every single little thing that happened in your empire. Now it is normal that people including royals marry for love and it would be weird if they had an arranged marriage, back then it was every royal's duty to marry for the country's sake and marrying for love was not a thing. And I don't think that Will has not put duty before his personal interests in most cases in his life. More than his family members anyway 😅

[@fernandopuig3634]

@@Lily1127channel I wasn’t talking about him marrying for love arrange marriages, I’m talking about him not doing enough because he always puts his family first before his job which you can’t really do in this position.

[@OzgurAytan-yo8iy]

WHERE OH WHERE CAN I STREAM THIS

[@madamesatan5761]

Someone in the comments said about MT being a bad mother but I know from actual sources that she wasn't. While there might be disagreements with the family but they're not dysfunctional either. MT and Franz relationship with their children seems more bonded than Ferdinand and Isabella. The emphasis of children becoming pawns didn't have a heavy emphasis here unlike before, I guess it's because MT learned from the monarchs that came before her.

[@Lily1127channel]

Well said! She was not a bad parent at all

[@user-kf6lu4dn2r]

Well the fact is this was actually pretty normal. The oldest male child would inherit everything but Otherwise Royal children were useless and the only thing you could even do with them was marry them off for political alliances.

[@HarshDude126]

Somone who uses their children as tools is not a good parent.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@HarshDude126 With that logic, there was literally zero good parent on the earth before the 19th century.

[@HarshDude126]

@@Lily1127channel Whataboutism is a fallacy. The poor parenting of others does not justify Maria Theresa using her children as chess pieces to further her ambitions. She was not a good parent. Stop making excuses for her and be honest about what she was.

[@robjus1601]

I would have been overjoyed to see Count Carlo Martini as a character in this film. He was Head of the HRE Supreme Court and also served as teacher to Joseph and Leopold. Another branch of my family was also present under the name Malanotti.

[@raphaelledesma9393]

Ugh, I have this impression that the French court was frivolous, hedonistic, and superficial. That is not to say the Austrian court is perfect but there seemed to be some more gravitas. But still, the French were still among the strongest military powers in Europe at the time.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

Disgracefully, Johanna and Josepha died young because of smallpox

[@MuzeecX]

This seems like a good show. Where can I watch it?

[@philhobrla8489]

PBS has the first two seasons.

[@thebullqueen]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Didn't Maria Theresia parents try to arrange her marriage with a foreign prince, but she didn't want to because she wanted to be with Francis and got what she wanted? Or am I thinking of another royal princess? If it is her, why couldn't her children do the same?

[@Lily1127channel]

Yeah, Maria T fought a lot for her marriage with Francis who she loved. On one hand, she was terribly lucky because their marriage was also politically convenient, since many preferred a "neutral", less powerful husband for the Habsburg heiress, who would not dominate her and bring the empire under foreign control. Her father also loved him like a son (probably more than his own daughters), so he didn't require much convincing from MT that he woukd be the perfect son-in-law. But at the time of her marriage MT didn't rule yet and had no idea how hard times awaited her. She had to fight a long and hard war to keep her throne, but she lost territories. She found herself without allies at the beginning of her reign, abd she had to build up everything from zero almost. To build an empire that is strobg militarily, politically, economically, etc, and she created a web of alliances for that too. These required marriages with the other dynasties. So she did what every other monarch did at the time, married of her children. And there is also the fact that Francis cheated on her a lot, which caused her a lot of pain and suffering. Maybe she failed to see the advantages of love marriages after that.

[@olgahein4384]

@@Lily1127channel A "less powerfull" husband who was still the great-grandson of a former King of France and a former Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@olgahein4384 Yes, but he was not a king in his own right or heir to a kingdom like several other suitors of hers.

[@rudrapatra1804]

@@Lily1127channel but he is still Francis the first the man who rebuilt hapsburg economy, after that seven years war even switzerland might have marched into vienna but thanks to his economical reforms Austria bounced back

[@Lily1127channel]

@@rudrapatra1804 Yes. I am not saying he did not have very good and valuable qualities and achievements. He did, a lot. But at the time of their marriage, his "worth" according to his birth was not as high as a king's.

[@Republikaner1944]

Maria Theresa was so adamant that her children be part of the family business and were raised as such from early on. Francis Stephen literally stumbled into Court War Council session where their 2 year old son Ferdinand was applying for regimental command recently vacated by death of 70yo field marshal, dressed in uniform. It is obvious how Maria Theresa treated her children as assets of state in perpetual game of high politics. It is also very strange to notice how Francis Stephen was that ''mother'' figure with his sanguine and more emotional personality.

[@santiagovalencia607]

Where I can see it?

[@ih8utbe]

Maria Antonia is Marie Antoinette's true name but it is a very long one. I belief Josefa is part of it. It was shortened to Maria Antonia then later Marie Antoinette.

[@SuperStella1111]

Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna

[@lneal1670]

This was the time period that most nobles gave their kids 9 names, and most of the daughter's names started with Marie/Maria.

[@SachaFarquhar]

​@@lneal1670must have been confusing.

[@lneal1670]

@@SachaFarquhar, to some degree, they usually used nicknames or second or third names.

[@Neroimperator]

@@lneal1670 Even royal princes had to have Maria in their names because it denoted protection and the privilege of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this is highly done in the Savoyard and Spaniard monarchy

[@fenia6597]

Does anyone know where can i watch the series

[@lintangarchive710]

Where I can watch the full series

[@Vela21]

Maria Theresa brilliant ruler but damn the mother from hell! Francis such an awesome dad! In many of the children’s biographies it states that he loved all his children and they loved him, especially Carolina and Antoinette.

[@Lily1127channel]

No, MT was not a bad mother. This tv series exaggerates a lot of things and it portrays many things inaccurately. She is portrayed as a much worse person and mother than she was irl. She was not so cold when it came to her children, on the contrary, she got very very emotional a lot of times. She was a very attentive mother who cared a lot for her children, but she also had the responsibility of an empire, millions of people, not just 16 children. She did not have the same luxury as Francis, who could be a 100% parent and did not have to make such hard decisions for the empire as MT had to. That being said, Francis was an awesome dad, especially by 18th century standards, he seems like a 21st century dad from the historical records.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Francis? Mental illness? To my knowledge, Francis was perfectly healthy mentally, he was in his full mental capabilities. He was just not interested in politics, that is all. Not everyone was and is. He did his duty regarding the duchy Tuscany when he inherited it, administering the duchy's affairs, but that was all, he was not interested in the empire's big politics, it was his wife's duty and he was happy to leave it that way. He was an extremely intelligent and smart man with a lot of interests, he was an extraordinary businessman and economist, thanks to him his son Joseph inherited an empire in excellent financial state. He was interested in natural sciences, biology, geography, and he was a freemason.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@Lily1127channel Sorry! I confused my historical figures lmao, I will delete my comment. I'm not a history buff, I just read from a wrong page (embarrasing) and got slightly triggered because of the mental illness topic mentioned on that page. Apologies, you obviously know better as all your comments indicate! 🙂

[@Lily1127channel]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Oh it's no problem 😊 No worries

[@MonicaTanAnLeng]

Franz Stephan’s favorite child was Maria Anna but he showed love and attention to all his children. Maria Amalia seemed close to him as well…she together with Maria Anna had those hunting excursions with him - just the three of them. He was very generous to Leopold too.

[@omgfish8146]

i think its sad that almost all the daughters mentioned here died young and never got married to the same man they were all engaged to after each sisters death (marianna ,johanna josepha) carolina luckily survived and married the king of naples and sicily hmmm what couldve happened if carolina also died would antonia have married him instead of louis auguste? that would have certainly changed the course of history

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

Maria Antonia wasn’t supposed to marry Louis. Her older sister was, and she was much better suited to be queen of France. She was also considered the most beautiful of all the sisters (who were all considered beautiful), But she contracted smallpox, which left her scarred…so she couldn’t marry the dauphin of France, and so the role was left to Marie Antoinette instead.

[@arnoldchan224]

@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 if you are pertaining to the most beautiful, it was Maria Elisabeth but unfortunately she fell victim to smallpox. She was proposed to marry Louis XV but he rejected her because of her marked faced left by smallpox. I read somewhere that hadnt Johanna and Josepha died, Maria Carolina was the intended bride for Luis XVI since she was a godchild of Louis XV. Maria Carolina’s third name is Louise after Louis XV.

[@arnoldchan224]

This is my take hadnt Johanna and Josepha died, Johanna would had married Ferdinand of Naples, while Josepha will marry Ferdinand of Parma (Josepha is the favorite sister of Joseph II, and he still cling with his Parma connection). Carolina will marry Louis XVI (maybe the course of history of France might have changed). Then, probably Maria Amalia might have a chance to marry Charles of Zweibrucken (the heir to the Electorate of Bavaria then, and this will be a good match). Since, Francis I wanted to maintain relationship with the Kingdom of Sardinia, Maria Antonia would be available to marry Benedetto of Duc d’ Chablais, of Sardinia (a younger son of the king of Sardinia and nephew of Francis I). I guessed it would be an interesting outcome

[@arnoldchan224]

If Louis XV accepted to marry Maria Elisabeth then there would be 2 archduchess in the French court.

[@arnoldchan224]

with the sons, hadn’t Charles didnt die , he will inherit the Duchy of Tuscany, and marry Luisa of Spain (which is more suitable in terms of age) while Leopold would be married to Beatrice of Modena, leaving Ferdinand and Maximillan free. Since Maximillan is a sickly child just like his older sister Marianna a church life is deadend. Now with Ferdinand being free, if you will remember when Joseph II was being forced to marry for a 2nd time, he went to meet Kunigunde of Saxony, which he eventually didnt chose. Somewhat news of the supposed meeting was leaked, it became known in whole Europe that she was rejected and no suitable prince will take her. The Saxonian court pressed the Habsburg to compensate for the fate of Kunegunde being the rejected princess (which was a scandal back then) Ferdinand would be available for her, they might just give them a duchy just like when Maria Christina married Albert of Saxony they made them Duke and Duchess of Teschen.

[@calliefinck6275]

Which sister is Marie sitting on

[@Lily1127channel]

Maria Anna, the eldest

[@calliefinck6275]

How do you know? Which sister was Marie Antoinette closest to? Was it their mother’s favorite the one who had to go to Naples and was miserable about it?

[@Lily1127channel]

How do I know? Because Maria Theresa calls her Mariann in this clip, so she can't be any other than Maria Anna 😀 Further factors that suggest it is Maria Anna: she is significantly older than Antonia, and she has smallpox scars on her face, just like poor Anna had. Antonia was closest to Maria Carolina, who was the closest sister to her in age, 3 years older, so they grew up together. Carolina was not their mother's favorite. Carolina was queen of Naples, she basically ruled Naples instead of her husband, and she was a great enlightened monarch, her role model in ruling was her mother.

[@calliefinck6275]

Who was their mother’s favorite

[@paulusnelson7509]

​@@calliefinck6275 I believe Maria Christina (Mimi) is her favorite as they both shared the same birthday. Unlike her other children she lets Mimi marry for love, much to the resentment of Amalia, who became estranged from her mother.

[@calliefinck6275]

Which sister was Marie Antoinette closest to?

[@juusopietilainen3915]

Apparently she was closest to her older sister Maria Carolina. Maria Carolina was extremely devastated when she learnt about Marie Antoinette’s execution and grew to despise France and french people in general

[@carlhicksjr8401]

So, I'm an American, and I've been a military historian all of my life. I can parse the causes of the American Civil War with the best of them [no, it wasn't slavery]. I can discuss Battle of Stamford Bridge in detail. But like every historian, I have my blank spots. We all have eras we're interested in and those which bore us to tears... it's one of the real hazards of the profession. For me personally that blank spot is roughly between the Armada and Waterloo. I literally have to chide myself when I mentally trivialize that 250 year span as 'flintlocks and fops'. Intellectually I'm aware that this era is the cradle of our modern world. Politics and alliances that directly led to World War Two were planted in this era, but I just can't get past the smarmy, powdered, rouged puff pastries that called themselves 'cultured' and 'civilized'. Series and films like this help a lot. Even if you go into them knowing that the whole project has a bias [and almost all of them do], you can still derive some sense of the issues and the politics that moved the society and its people. I have not seen 'Maria Theresia' in its entirety. But I do like the spare, intelligent portrayal of the first 'Grandmother of Europe' by the actresses involved, especially Ursula Strauss in these latter episodes.

[@hans-jorg-io1is]

It is more amusing in German. 🤣👍

[@calliefinck6275]

did she visit any of her daughters? And did any of her daughters find happiness in their marriages?

[@Majagrisonich]

I thought this is Hellen Mirren

[@juanisaac5172]

The dad is correct.

[@pokari-u4k]

It's sad to see how the once civilized Europe was devastated during World War II

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

This film is not about World War 2, and just because Europe was devastated by war, it didn't become less civilized. Please, think what you're saying.

[@anjadjurovic9617]

"Europe civilisation" ? Good things monarchies get abolished, as for today, Europe ruined itself politicaly by sticking up to USA.

[@warstrategy]

And Prussia still won.....

[@Weesperbuurt]

The sound is bad….too hollow.

[@laerwen]

It's resonant. It seems like this series was filmed in actual stately homes/historical property, which would bring its own challenge with sound. You can't put up acoustic panels on the walls, which is what would stop that resonance.

[@calliefinck6275]

None of her daughters found happinesses in the arms of their husbands

[@christoffellner84]

For the Record: its no accident that Maria Theresas daughters maried the Bourbon Princes after Francis I. Stephens death.

[@Lily1127channel]

Of course it is no accident. They were not of marrying age before Francis's death. The first Bourbon-Habsburg marriage was Leopold and his Spanish bride in 1765, just right before Francis died. The girls were younger, their Bourbon marriages happened in 1769 and after.

[@christoffellner84]

@@Lily1127channel and because Francis I refused to allow it. The sons were rather different.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@christoffellner84 No he did not refuse it. There is no historical evidence that would suggest that. Why would he refuse something that was completely normal back then? Why would he allow arranged marriages for his sons but not for his daughters?

[@christoffellner84]

@@Lily1127channel please excuse the time that bypassed. Are you a French or German Speaker? I ask because there is indeed evidence that Francis Stephen was against marriages between Bourbon Princes and his daughters. Maria Theresa ordered Prince Sylva-Tarouca not to tell him when negotiations were Held. And that is footnoted evidence in a book written by Renata Zeidlinger. BUUUUT: I agree, in the series, there is no evidence for that.

[@Lily1127channel]

I speak German better than French, if that is what you mean. Well, of course I don't regard this series as historical evidence 😀 I meant there was no evidence of that in historical records. I said that because I have read several books with biographies of Maria Theresa and there it was never mentioned that MT and FS had any disagreements about their children's marriage plans, save for one case. That one case they mentioned was Maria Christina, who wanted to marry her lover Albert, but FS didn't want her to marry so low, he wanted an arranged marriage for her with his nephew Benedetto of Savoy. Christina could only marry Albert after FS's death. I actually thought you meant FS was against these arranged marriages for his daughters altogether. I mean arranged marriage in general. Which he was not, since he wanted one for Christina for sure. So he was just against the Bourbon marriages? And just for his daughters, but not for his son? And what was the reason? His personal dislike (as a Lorranian) for Bourbons? And why was his refusal only about his daughters' marriage alliances but not his son's?

[@HarrymDecatur]

I wish this came in English. I don't read that fast.

[@koenkeep]

luckily, they've invented the pause button

[@antoinemozart243]

Yes but when you hit the pause button they suddenly stop talking and moving.

[@ih8utbe]

This is not standard German. Austrian German is what this is.

[@Lily1127channel]

That is what it should be. Maria T and her family spoke Viennese German

[@ih8utbe]

@@Lily1127channel I could tell by the words and grammar. I understand standard German but never Austrian German or Swiss German which itself is an entirely language on its own. I found a Bavarian German book and it's close to the Schweitzer Deutsch.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@ih8utbe Really? I learned Hochdeutsch in school but I never had any problem with understanding the Austrian German that is spoken in this series too, I find it very similar to general German. Bavarian, though, that's a language in itself, I think many German natives don't understand it either.

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

I would pick France if I was looking for a mate also, French people are hot and sophisticated. And their food tastes better.

[@anjadjurovic9617]

And French diseases 😂

[@GabrielaGARAYREYES]

😮😮❤🎉

[@theelitemanticore151]

And then Prussia still won…🙂

[@beaubrent]

I have visited the tombs of the Hapsburgs in Vienna and both marvelled and mourned at the wasted energy of it all. Their names are in every royal family in Europe but they did not account for the world beyond royal lineage. It seems all so quaint and pointless now. Tant pis.

[@sternuens]

They defended Europe for centuries.

[@marciaspiegel5280]

Their inbreeding was legendary and led to an imbecile.

[@rudrapatra1804]

they should have allied with france in 1810's after napoleon married marie louise then you would have seen the glory of bonapartes and hapsburgs to this day

[@chheinrich8486]

Allianzen die Österreich nichts als ärger einbringen würden (Frankreich: Revolution, Napoleon )😂😂😂😂, also Bismarckische Außenpolitik war das Hier nicht wirklich