Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies

[1] The Institute officially opened in 1755 and was housed in Prague Castle, enrolling thirty unmarried young women from Austrian and Hungarian aristocratic families who were financially strained.

[2] The noblewomen lived as secular canonesses and were not required to take vows of celibacy and were allowed to leave the chapter in order to marry.

[4] With the closing of the neighbouring St. George's Convent in 1782, the princess-abbess of the Theresian Institution inherited the privilege of crowning the queens of Bohemia.

[5] Other administrative roles within the Institution included a dean, a sub-dean, and two canoness assistants.

[6] The Institution closed in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the creation of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.