They did not want to see the Habsburg family continue to be powerful in Eastern Europe, and they wanted more say.

Therefore, Frederick the Great had begun to ease the past of the Ottoman Empire, and Hamid launched a friendly alliance. As soon as this news came out, the Habsburg royal family was obviously unable to sit still.

You know, Austria hated this Frederick very much.

Why?

Because Frederick was definitely a genius. After he just became the king of Prussia, Prussia's military strength was already the fourth in Europe. But he still felt that it was not enough. He spent most of the country's income on

He smashed it into the army to update and reform the army. He also invented a tactic, the slash tactic. Later, this tactic exerted strong combat effectiveness and was imitated by various European countries.

So, after this guy carried out reforms for a period of time, in order to try out the effects of the reforms, he desperately needed an opponent to practice with, so this opponent turned to Austria.

Who told me that at this time, the king of Austria had just come to power, or was he a woman?

It was during this battle that Prussia defeated Austria and allowed Prussia to seize the wealthy Silesia. This is also the famous War of Austrian Succession.

but.

What country is Austria?

Are the Habsburgs so easy to mess with? The biggest reason why Austria ceded Silesia to Prussia so easily was because of the first female Archduchess in Austrian history, Maria Theresa.

, when she came to power, she was opposed by the princes, and the Austrian Succession War broke out. During this gap, Prussia came over, and Theresa could only cede land in exchange for Prussia's recognition of her throne.

Speaking of Teresa, she is another legendary figure.

Born into the Habsburg family, she was a nobleman with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her father, Charles VI, originally wanted to have a male heir, but instead gave birth to three daughters in succession...

At this time, Charles VI was already 39 years old and had no more children.

Teresa is the eldest daughter. She has been good at singing and dancing since she was a child, is good at riding, and is proficient in many languages. She looks like a strong woman.

But she almost married Peter II of Tsarist Russia, but something went wrong because Menshikov controlled absolute power in Tsarist Russia at this time, and he wanted to marry his daughter to Peter II. This is also true.

Teresa regained her freedom and joined her cousin, the Duke of Lorraine, without hesitation.

In this way, Teresa, who was only 23 years old, inherited the throne of Charles VI and became the first queen of the Holy Roman Empire. At that time, Austria was definitely in dire straits, the treasury was empty, the plague was rampant, and the people

Fall into despair.

It was at this time that people felt that Theresa was vulnerable to bullying, and Prussia was naturally one of them.

When Frederick II launched the war in horror, Austria was definitely in danger.

But it was Teresa who, in this desperate situation, began to display her intelligence and talents. She began to receive a lot of internal support at home. She obtained the support of 50,000 elite soldiers from the Hungarian nobles, a huge loan from Britain, and

Alliance with Russia. And through forbearance, it temporarily recognized Prussia's right to rule Silesia in exchange for its legal heir status.

After she strengthened Austria through various means and drove out the French and Bavarian armies. Following the death of the puppet king Charles VII, who was supported by Prussia, Austria finally began to restore peace.

In the following years, Teresa's talent was once again put into play.

She began to rectify the corruption and chaos within Austria and consolidate the monarchy. Finally, a few years later, she used various diplomatic means, the Union Act, and the alliance with Tsarist Russia to form an encirclement against Prussia.
Chapter completed!