Absolutism

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Absolutism in Central Europe
Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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The Habsburgs the Holy Roman Empire
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Habsburg Family Crest
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Habsburg Genealogy
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Austrian Empire 1657-1718
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Leopold I Holy RomanEmperor (r. 1658-1705)
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Schönbrunn Palace
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Schönbrunn Palace
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Schönbrunn Palace
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Prince Eugène of Savoy 1718
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Holy Roman Empire 1750
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The Hohenzollerns Brandenburg-Prussia
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Prussian Family Crest
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Hohenzollern Genealogy (1)
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Hohenzollern Genealogy (2)
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Prussia the Austrian Empire 1721-72
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King Frederick I of Prussia (r.1701-1713)
Formerly Frederick III of Brandenburg (r.
1688-1701)
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Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)
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Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)
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Frederick the Greats Court
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Europe in 1740
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The War of the Austrian Succession 1741 - 1748
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Charles VI (r. 1711-1740)
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MariaTheresa (r. 1740-1780)
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Maria Theresa Her Family

• Her Notable Children
• HRE Joseph II
• HRE Leopold II
• Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.)

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War of the Austrian Succession