War of the Austrian Succession

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), also known as King George's War in North America, involved almost all the major European powers, but caused only minor exchanges of territory. The war began under the pretext that Maria Theresa of Austria was ineligible to succeed to the Habsburg throne, because Salic law precluded royal inheritance by a woman.
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Noun
1. Prussian and Austria fought over Silesia and most of the rest of Europe took sides; 1740-1748
(hypernym) war, warfare
(part-meronym) Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy