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• Austrian Succession, War of the — (1740–48) Group of related wars that took place after the death (1740) of Emperor Charles VI. At issue was the right of Charles s daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the Habsburg lands. The war began when Frederick II of Prussia invaded Silesia in… …   Universalium

• Bavarian Succession, War of the — (1778–79) Conflict in which Frederick II of Prussia prevented Joseph II of Austria from acquiring Bavaria. After the death of the Bavarian elector Maximilian Joseph (1727–77), his successor, Charles Theodore (1724–99), ceded Lower Bavaria to… …   Universalium

• Spanish Succession, War of the — (1701–14) Conflict arising from the disputed succession to the throne of Spain after the death of the childless Charles II. The Habsburg Charles had named the Bourbon Philip, duke d Anjou, as his successor; when Philip took the Spanish throne as… …   Universalium

• War of the Austrian Succession — The Battle of Fontenoy by Édouard Detaille. Oil on canvas …   Wikipedia

• Polish Succession, War of the — (1733–38) European conflict waged ostensibly to determine the successor to Augustus II. Austria and Russia supported his son Augustus III, while most Poles, France, and Spain supported Stanisław I, a former Polish king (1704–09) and father in law …   Universalium

• War of the Spanish Succession — Philip V of Spain and the Duke of Vendôme commanded the Franco Spanish charge at the Battle of Villaviciosa by Jean Alaux (1840) …   Wikipedia

• War of the Bavarian Succession — The War of the Bavarian Succession was a war that occurred in 1778 and 1779. The fight is known as the Potato War ( Kartoffelkrieg ) because of the extended time the Prussian and Austrian troops spent in manoeuvres in Bohemia to obtain or deny… …   Wikipedia

• (the) War of the Spanish Succession — the War of the Spanish Succession [the War of the Spanish Succession] a war (1701–14) between Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark on one side, and France and Spain on the other side. It started when the king of Spain died… …   Useful english dictionary

• War of the Polish Succession — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War of the Polish Succession partof= caption=Siege of Gdańsk by russo saxon forces in 1734. date=1733 1738 place=Europe: Poland, Rhineland, Northern Italy casus=Dispute amongst the major powers over the… …   Wikipedia

• War of the Quadruple Alliance — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War of the Quadruple Alliance caption=The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718 by Richard Paton (oil on canvas, 1767) date=1718–1720 place=Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, Scotland, Florida result=Allied Pyrrhic… …   Wikipedia