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Holy Roman Empress en · NOUN

Etymology

After Holy Roman Empire.

Meanings

1. (historical) An empress of the Holy Roman Empire.
   • Waltz into a grand Austrian celebration this fall on the Danube River on an eight-day cruise marking the 300th birthday of Maria Theresa of Austria, whose one-time titles included Holy Roman Empress; Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia and Slavonia; Archduchess of Austria; and Duchess of Parma. 2017 August 23, Rosemary McClure, “Party like its^([sic]) 1717 on a Danube River cruise celebrating Maria Theresa of Austria”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2017:
   • Picture the scene. You're the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, you've enjoyed a splendid 18th century banquet surrounded by the most powerful people in your domains and it's time to sort yourself out with a post-prandial pick of the teeth, a scrape of the tongue and a spoon of the ear. 2011 August 15, Mark Brown, “Habsburg exhibition reveals Holy Roman emperors' taste in bling”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2013:
   • The Dutch textile and paper-cutting artist Joanna Koerten, for example, sold a piece made of “woven silk” to a Holy Roman Empress for 4,000 guilders — twice the price Rembrandt fetched for his world-famous painting, “Night Watch.” 2025 September 25, Nina Siegal, “The Dutch Masters Were Women, Too”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025:

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Holy Roman Emperor