Event War of the Bavarian Succession

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Was a dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia over the succession to the Electorate of Bavaria after the extinction of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Bavaria was finally united with Palatinate (where another Branche of the Wittelsbach ruled) but lost the Innviertel region ot Austria.

Chronology

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  • August 1778: Frederick the Great of Prussia led his troops to invade Bohemia. The Prussian forces occupied Náchod but did not advance further into Bohemia.

1. Treaty of Teschen

Was the treaty that ended the War of the Bavarian Succession.

  • May 1779: Prussia leaves the territories occupied in the Habsburg Domains after the War of the Bavarian Succession was ended with the Treaty of Teschen.
  • May 1779: By the peace of Teschen (13 May 1779) the Innviertel was ceded to Austria.