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Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria

Brno, 2 Jul 1849 – Schloss Wildenwart, 3 Feb 1919

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A life in time

  1. 2 Jul 1849

    Born in Brno

  2. 1869–1891

    13 children are born

  3. 1913–1918

    Consort of Bavaria

  4. 3 Feb 1919

    Dies in Schloss Wildenwart, aged 69

Family

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Parents

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Children · 13

During her lifetime

She lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Brno.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1840s · Queen is born in Brno

In the news1848

Abolition of serfdom in 1848

In 1848, the revolution led to the abolition of serfdom across the empire, fundamentally changing the lives of rural people.

What people wore

The pride of layered petticoats

In the early nineteenth century, women's pride was displayed through the sheer volume of their petticoats, with some older peasant women wearing as many as ten at once to create a wide, wheel-like silhouette.

Daily life

Sleeping arrangements in the family home

Large families often slept together in the kitchen on benches or on top of the large oven used for heating and baking. Benches were cleverly designed with backs that tipped forward to prevent children from falling while they slept.

In the news1844

Weaver uprising in 1844

Handloom weavers in Upper Silesia led a famous protest against their publishers due to harsh competition from mechanized factories.

Music

Herdsmen's horns played during church services

In church, liturgical works known as Pastorellas featured parts for a rustic herdsman's horn to evoke scenes of the shepherds at the birth of Christ.

In Europe1845–1852

The Great Famine in Ireland

Potato blight ruined harvests: a million Irish people died and a million more emigrated, many to America.

Getting around

Steam trains and strict police regulation

The first steam train between Vienna and Brno covered roughly 130 kilometers in just four and a half hours. Passengers were initially required to obtain police permits before and after their journeys.