The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) – including King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear (which formally began on 23 October 1739), the First Carnatic War in India, and the First and Second Silesian Wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. The most enduring military historical interest and importance of the war lies in the struggle of Prussia and the Habsburg monarchs for the region of Silesia.[citation needed]
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| - The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) – including King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear (which formally began on 23 October 1739), the First Carnatic War in India, and the First and Second Silesian Wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. The most enduring military historical interest and importance of the war lies in the struggle of Prussia and the Habsburg monarchs for the region of Silesia.[citation needed]
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| - The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) – including King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear (which formally began on 23 October 1739), the First Carnatic War in India, and the First and Second Silesian Wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg. The war began under the pretext that Maria Theresa was ineligible to succeed to the Habsburg thrones of her father, Charles VI, because Salic law precluded royal inheritance by a woman—though in reality this was a convenient excuse put forward by Prussia and France to challenge Habsburg power. Austria was supported by Great Britain and the Dutch Republic, the traditional enemies of France, as well as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Saxony. France and Prussia were allied with the Electorate of Bavaria. Spain, already at war with Britain over colonies and trade beginning in 1739, entered the war on the Continent to re-establish its influence in northern Italy, further reversing an Austrian dominance over the Italian peninsula that had been achieved at Spain's expense as a consequence of that country's own war of succession earlier in the 18th century. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. The most enduring military historical interest and importance of the war lies in the struggle of Prussia and the Habsburg monarchs for the region of Silesia.[citation needed]
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of | - Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
- Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)
- Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
- Army of the Holy Roman Empire
- Robert Duff (Royal Navy officer)
- Francis Holburne
- Studholme Hodgson
- Coldstream Guards
- Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Simon Fraser of Balnain
- Walloon Guards
- Touraine Regiment
- George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
- Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)
- Frederick Haldimand
- Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing
- George Howard (British Army officer)
- John Balchen
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
- French Royal Army (1652–1830)
- Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre
- Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
- Henry Medley
- Johann Jakob von Wunsch
- Ernst Gideon von Laudon
- George Clinton (Royal Navy officer)
- Richard Spry
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
- Horatio Gates
- French Army
- Pierre-Joseph Bourcet
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
- Alejandro O'Reilly
- Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
- Henry Seymour Conway
- Antonio Ricardos
- Thomas Gage
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