2. Habsburg Family Crest

3. Austrian Empire: 1657-1718

4. Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1658-1705) Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1658-1705)

5. Schönbrunn Palace

8. Prince Eugène of Savoy: 1718

9. Holy Roman Empire: 1750

11. Prussian Family Crest

12. Prussia & the Austrian Empire: 1721-72

13. Frederick William (1640- 1688) Frederick William the Great Elector

14. King Frederick I of Prussia (r.1701-1713) Formerly: Frederick III of Brandenburg (r. 1688-1701) Formerly: Frederick III of Brandenburg (r. 1688-1701)

15. King Frederick William I of Prussia (r.1713- 1740) King Frederick William I of Prussia (r.1713- 1740) Great military leader States possess armies Prussian army possessed the state Great military leader States possess armies Prussian army possessed the state

16. Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)

18. Frederick the Great’s Court

19. Europe in 1740

21. Charles VI (r. 1711-1740)

22. Maria Theresa (r. 1740-1780) Maria Theresa (r. 1740-1780)

23. Maria Theresa & Her Family Her Notable Children:  HRE Joseph II  HRE Leopold II  Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.) Her Notable Children:  HRE Joseph II  HRE Leopold II  Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.)

24. War of the Austrian Succession