Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 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.