1. The Formation of the Austrian Monarchy
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2. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power
Though the Habsburgs gained eminence through the HRE, the Thirty Years War ends any chance of a centralized monarchy.
The importance of Habsburg Spain diminishes and then vanishes.

3. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power
The Rise of Austria: 3 dominions
Hereditary provinces of Upper and Lower Austria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia
Kingdom of Hungary
Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia

6. Schönbrunn Palace

7. Austrian Empire:

8. Habsburg Genealogy

9. Leopold I
Holy Roman Emperor
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11. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power
Eugene of Savoy helps modernize Austria
Organizes military after the model of Louis XIV
Defeats Turks in 1697 and wins the Kingdom of Hungary
Wins the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, and Milan in 1714
Establishes eastern boundary (300 years)
Gains Trieste, an outlet the Adriatic Sea

13. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740
Diverse population
German, Czech, Croat, Hungarian, Italian
Opposed to
Protestants, Democrats, and Nationalists
Strong agricultural base
Landlords and peasants
Minimal industrialization

14. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740
Political situation
No imperial diet
The monarchy was a collection of titles granted by individual states.
Here are the titles of Ferdinand III as enumerated in the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648:
Most Serene and Puissant Prince and Lord, Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower Lusace, Lord of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines.

15. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740
The Pragmatic Sanction (1713)- Charles VI ( )
Every diet in the empire and all Habsburgs agreed to regard the Habsburg territories as indivisible and recognize a specified line of heirs
Charles worked until his death to gain support from the foreign powers by granting concessions
Proves ultimately a failure and Austria’s fate will be decided by the War of Austrian Succession ( )