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3 unusual facts about Treaty of Teschen


Treaty of Teschen

However, one of the requirements was that Austria would recognize the Prussian claims to the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth, ruled in personal union by Margrave Christian Alexander from the House of Hohenzollern.

The peace came at the initiative of Empress Catherine II of Russia and was guaranteed by both Russia and France.

However, Charles Theodore had no legitimate heirs so his successor was his cousin, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken.


Archduchy of Austria

In the west, the Upper Austrian part bordered on the Duchy of Bavaria, whereby the historic Innviertel belonged to the Bavarian dukes until the 1779 Treaty of Teschen, as well as on the Archbishopric of Salzburg in the Salzkammergut region.


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