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WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
1740 - 1748
Cause of the war
Charles VI died and not everybody wanted to accept his choice of
succession, which he wrote down for posterity in his
Pragmatic Sanction.
The North American extension of this war
is called King George's War, or the Third French and
Indian War. Here is more about the
French and Indian Wars.
OUTCOME of the war
Charles's daughter, Maria Theresa,
lost some territories.
Maria's husband,
formerly Francis Stephen of Lorraine, was made Holy Roman emperor
and was henceforward known as Francis I.
BATTLES OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
One of the battles fought was the Battle of Fontenoy - May 11, 1745
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