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Mothers of Italian monarchs

  • Maria TheresaOn the 20th of October 1740, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI died in Vienna, leaving behind a treasury containing only 100,000 florins and an army reduced to…
  • Letizia BonaparteMaria-Letizia Ramolino entered the world on the 24th of August 1750 in Ajaccio, Corsica. At that moment, the island belonged to the Republic of Genoa rather…