Maria Theresa's procession through the Graben, 22 November 1740 — The pregnant queen is on way to hear High Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral before receiving homage.
"From Georg Christoph Kriegl's 'oath of fealty,' Vienna, 1742." - H.F. Helmolt, History of the World, Volume VII, Dodd Mead 1902. Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2930730
Maria Theresa's procession through the Graben, 22 November 1740
The pregnant queen is on way to hear High Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral before receiving homage.
"From Georg Christoph Kriegl's 'oath of fealty,' Vienna, 1742." - H.F. Helmolt, History of the World, Volume VII, Dodd Mead 1902.
Maria Theresa — Photo Credit: By Martin van Meytens - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68471
Kuchuk-Kainarji treaty — Contemporary (Late 18th-century) engraving related to the Kuchuk-Kainarji treaty Photo Credit: Cabinet of engravings, Romanian Academy, Bucharest - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36230612
Kuchuk-Kainarji treaty
Contemporary (Late 18th-century) engraving related to the Kuchuk-Kainarji treaty
Nicholas I of Russia — Photo Credit: By Georg von Bothmann - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20363372
The family of Tsar Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna — by Gerhard von Kügelgen, 1800 Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9768897
Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828), Empress of Russia — Photo Credit: By Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62615344
Peter III of Russia -1761 — Cropped from coronation portrait Photo Credit: By Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2950608
Elizabeth coup — The Preobrazhensky Regiment soldiers proclaim Elizabeth as Empress of Russia Photo Credit: By Eugene Lanceray - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19954352
Elizabeth coup
The Preobrazhensky Regiment soldiers proclaim Elizabeth as Empress of Russia