Habsburg Family Crest
Austrian Empire:
Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor (r ) Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor (r )
Leopold I Resisted Ottoman Empire and Louis XIV 1683 Turks got to Vienna 1686 to Budapest, Hungary, all Hungary by 1699 Prince Eugene of Savoy lead general War of Spanish Succession
Schönbrunn Palace
Prince Eugène of Savoy: 1718
Prussia & the Austrian Empire:
Charles VI (r )
Maria Theresa (r ) Maria Theresa (r )
Maria Theresa & Her Family Her Notable Children: HRE Joseph II HRE Leopold II Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.) Her Notable Children: HRE Joseph II HRE Leopold II Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.)
War of the Austrian Succession
Europe in 1740
Charles VI War of the Spanish Succession Hapsburgs got Spanish Netherlands and Spain’s holdings in Italy
Maria Theresa Pragmatic sanction Frederick the Great invaded Silesia Maria defended her right to inherit the throne Considered an Enlightened monarch Reforms: continued local diets Took control of administration Centralized Bureaucracy German language for governing Taxed nobles and clergy State control over Roman Cath. Church
Joseph II ( ) Son of Maria Theresa Spirit of enlightened despot Reformer— Religion—religious tolerance to Christians; removed some restrictions on Jewish pop. Abolished monasteries and convents Clergy become employees of the state Reduce power of the papacy
Joseph II Economic reforms— Eliminated internal tariffs Road building Improve river transportation Opposed serfdom Freed serfs in Aust, Bohemia, Hungary, Transylvania service
Prussian Family Crest
Growth of Austria & Brandenburg-Prussia to 1748
King Frederick I of Prussia (r ) Formerly: Frederick III of Brandenburg (r ) Formerly: Frederick III of Brandenburg (r )
Hohenzollerns Frederick William the Great Elector Frederick I Frederick William I Frederick the Great invaded Silesia War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years War Partition of Poland Reforms:
Frederick the Great (r )
Frederick the Great’s Court