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War of the Austrian Succession

War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Fontenoy 1745.PNG
The Battle of Fontenoy by Pierre L'Enfant. Oil on canvas.
Date 16 December 1740 – 18 October 1748
(7 years, 10 months and 2 days)
Location Europe, North America and India
Result Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Maria Theresa retains the Austrian, Bohemian and Hungarian thrones
  • Francis of Lorraine, Maria Theresa's husband, confirmed as Holy Roman Emperor
Territorial
changes
Prussian control of Silesia confirmed.
Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla restored to the Spanish Bourbons.
France gains the Austrian Netherlands but returns them to Austria.
Belligerents
 France
 Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
Spain Spain
Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Kingdom of Naples Naples
 Genoa (1745–48)
Sweden Sweden (1741–43)
 Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
Province of Hanover Hanover
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Sardinia (1742–48)
 Russia (1741–43, 1748)
Commanders and leaders

Kingdom of France Louis XV of France

Kingdom of Prussia Frederick II

Spain Philip V of Spain

Bavaria Emperor Charles VII
Sweden Charles Emil Lewenhaupt

Republic of Genoa Lorenzo de Mari

Habsburg Monarchy Maria Theresa
Habsburg Monarchy Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Kingdom of Great BritainProvince of Hanover George II
(personal union)
Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord Wilmington
Kingdom of Great Britain Henry Pelham

Dutch Republic Prince of Waldeck
Electorate of Saxony Frederick Augustus II

Kingdom of Sardinia Charles Emmanuel III

Russian Empire Peter Lacy

Kingdom of France Louis XV of France

Kingdom of Prussia Frederick II

Spain Philip V of Spain

Bavaria Emperor Charles VII
Sweden Charles Emil Lewenhaupt


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