War of the Austrian Succession: Quick Facts
Facts
| Date | 1740 - December 16, 1748 |
|---|---|
| Location | Austria |
| Participants | Austria • Bavaria • Dutch Republic • France • Hanover • Prussia • Savoy • Spain • United Kingdom |
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Timeline
War of Jenkins’ Ear
October 1739 - 1748
Battle of Prague
November 25, 1741 - November 26, 1741
King George’s War
1744 - 1748
Battle of Fontenoy
May 11, 1745
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
October 18, 1748
Key People
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
George II
king of Great Britain
Maurice, count de Saxe
French general
Aleksey Petrovich, Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Russian statesman
Louis-François de Bourbon, prince de Conti
French prince
Leopold I
prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Charles Fouquet, duke de Belle-Isle
French marshal
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
British statesman
Heinrich, count von Brühl
prime minister of Saxony
Carlo Vincenzo Ferrero di Roasio, marchese d’Ormea
Piedmontese statesman
Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchess de Châteauroux
French noble
Fredrik Axel von Fersen
Swedish politician
Otto Ferdinand, count von Abensperg und Traun
Austrian field marshal
Charles, prince of Lorraine and Bar
Austrian governor of The Netherlands
Franz Moritz, count von Lacy
Austrian field marshal
Victor-François, 2nd duke de Broglie
marshal of France
Charles Emmanuel III
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf Browne
Austrian field marshal
François-Marie, 1st duke de Broglie
French general
