Elisabeth Christine, Empress, consort of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1691-1750

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Name (Hebrew)
אליזבת כריסטינה, קיסרית, בת זוגו של קרל ה-6, קיסר האימפריה הרומית הקדושה, 1691-1750
Name (Latin)
Elisabeth Christine, Empress, consort of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1691-1750
Other forms of name
Braunschweig, Elisabeth Christine von, 1691-1750
Elisabeth Christine, von Braunschweig, 1691-1750
Elisabetta Christina, Empress, consort of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1691-1750
אליזבת כריסטינה, מבראונשווייג-וולפנביטל, 1691-1750
Date of birth
1691-08-28
Date of death
1750-12-21
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 39307104
Wikidata: Q57528
Library of congress: nr2001038355
Sources of Information
  • Machina della cochagna per sollennizzare il nome gloriosissimo della augustissima imperatrice Elisabetta Christina ... 1722:inscription on print (Elisabetta Christina)
  • Wurzbach(under Habsburg, House of: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig; empress; married Charles VI in 1708; b. Aug. 28, 1691; d. Dec. 21, 1750)
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Wikipedia description:

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1691 – 21 December 1750) was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria, etc. by her marriage to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was renowned for her delicate beauty and also for being the mother of Empress Maria Theresa and grandmother of Joseph II and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily and Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. She was the longest serving Holy Roman Empress.

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