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Bavarian Succession, War of the
Bavarian Succession, War of the, between Austria and Prussia, 1778–79. With
the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of Wittelsbach on the death of
Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duchy of Bavaria passed to the elector
palatine, Charles Theodore, of the Sulzbach line. [eng]
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The War of Bavarian Succession 1778-1779
The Diplomatic Pre-History of the War. The Military Course of Events. [eng]
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Bavarian Succession, War of the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
between Austria and Prussia, 1778–79. With the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of
Wittelsbach on the death of Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duchy of Bavaria passed to the
elector palatine, Charles Theodore, of the Sulzbach line. [eng]
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War of the Bavarian Succession 1778-1779
In 1777 Charles Theodore, the Duke of Bavaria, in a secret treaty with Joseph II, the Holy Roman emperor, ceded Lower Bavaria to Austria. The Bavarian heir apparent, advised by Frederick II of Prussia, protested the transfer. The resulting war, with no significant engagements, ended with Austria's renunciation of all but a small portion of Lower Bavaria. [eng]
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Bavarian Succession, War of the
With the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of Wittelsbach on the
death of Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duchy of Bavaria passed to the elector palatine, Charles Theodore, of
the Sulzbach line. However, by a secret treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, who wished to strengthen
imperial and Austrian influence in Germany, Charles Theodore ceded Lower Bavaria to Austria and Austrian troops
occupied the area. [eng]
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War of the Bavarian Succession
(1778–79), conflict in which Frederick II the Great of Prussia blocked an attempt by Joseph II of Austria to acquire
Bavaria. [eng]
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