Ch 5: Austrian Hapsburgs Flashcards
Innocent XI
Financed Hapsburg troops against Turkish army
Hereditary provinces
Unquestionably Hapsburg territory (Austria)
Duke Charles of Lorraine
Commanded field Hapsburg army against Turks and Louis XIV, becomes king of Hapsburg line (Charles VI)
John Sobieski
King of Poland, assisted the hapsburgs against the Turks
Prince Eugene of savoy
Offers expertise to Austria and helps them against Turks/French, helps modernize Austria
Battle of zenta
Won by hapsburgs elf by prince Eugene, drove Turks out away from Vienna
Peace of karlowitz
Results of zenta, Vienna is safe, gives time out for Austria to fight French in Spanish succession
Treaty of rastadt
After Spanish succession, Spain keeps some Spanish territory and Austrians get some
Peace of Belgrade
Austrians finish driving Turks out and they split the Balkan Peninsula
Trieste
Seaport Austrians gained after Spanish succession, window on the Mediterranean, inspired global trade
Magyars
Hungarian people (want their own country)
Charles VI
(Duke Charles of Lorraine), King of Austria, created pragmatic sanction, had one daughter
Pragmatic sanction
Guaranteed undivided succession, Hapsburg territories were indivisible, Maria Theresa would get the throne and don’t take advantage of her
Maria Theresa
Chaos when she becomes queen but keeps core together and has long successful reign
Core countries of Austrian empire
Bohemia, Austria, Hungary