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When did Maria Theresa come to power? Ascending the Habsburg throne in 1740, at 23 years old, Maria Theresa assumed rule at a perilous moment for her empire. The state’s coffers were empty and its ...

He gave up his throne on November 11, 1918, to allow for the Austrian Republic to announce itself the next day. The Treaty of Saint-Germain in 1919 officially recognized Austria's loss of ...