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