ID: 901001699 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001699	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	War of the Austrian Succession (European history, 1740-1748)

Note: Series of related wars that developed at the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg. France unsuccessfully supported the dubious claims of Bavaria, Saxony, and Spain to parts of the Habsburg domain and supported the claim of Charles Albert, elector of Bavaria, to the imperial crown, all with the overall aim of crippling or destroying Austria, France’s long-standing continental enemy. Related conflicts grouped under this war were the First Silesian War (1740–1742) and the Second Silesian War (1744–1745), in which Frederick II the Great of Prussia, allied with France, wrested the province of Silesia from Austria. A third series of wars centered on the continued conflict between France and Britain over colonial possessions in India and North America.

Display Date: 1740-1748

Names:

	War of the Austrian Succession (European history, 1740-1748) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Austrian Succession, War of (European history, 1740-1748) (English,A,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........War of the Austrian Succession (European history, 1740-1748) (P)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (treaty, Franco-British, 1748)) [901000108]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... war
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	belligerent was .... Austria
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... Saxony
	.....(Germany, Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... Bavaria
	.....(Bavaria, Germany, Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... Spain
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... Britain
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	War of the Austrian Succession (European history, 1740-1748)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Austrian Succession, War of (European history, 1740-1748)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85009756

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)