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War of the Austrian Succession

1740 CE – 1748 CE · 8 years

A continent-wide war sparked by challenges to Maria Theresa's right to inherit the Habsburg lands. Prussia's seizure of Silesia established it as a major European power and set the stage for the Seven Years' War a decade later.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Pragmatic Allies (Austria, Britain, Dutch Republic)
  • France, Prussia, Bavaria, Spain

Key moments

Defining events in the War of the Austrian Succession.

  1. 1741 Battle of Mollwitz
  2. 1743 Battle of Dettingen
  3. 1745 Battle of Fontenoy
  4. 1745 Battle of Hohenfriedberg

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