HHS Dept of Absolutism Schnbrunn Palace modeled after

HHS – Dept. of Absolutism

Schönbrunn Palace (modeled after Versailles)

Central Europe in 1600 (notice where the capital is)

Austrian Empire: 1657 -1718 (post-30 yrs’ war)

Holy Roman Empire: 1750 (notice Prussia & Bavaria)

The Austrian Empire: 1830 (nearly gone from the HRE)

Eastern Europe in 1550 - (Europe fails to accept RU)

Ottoman Empire (not the Sick Man of Europe yet)

Prussian Family Crest

King Frederick I of Prussia (r. 1701 -1713) The man who won Prussia a crown & started it all: Father of the fanatic (FWI); Grand-father of the fanatic (FII)

Austria, say hello to Prussia: 1721 -72

Frederick II the Great (r. 1740 -1786) – Hitler’s hero

Frederick the Great’s Court – Enlightened & Progressive

Europe in 1740 (observe Po, Sw, Dk, Au, Pr, Ru) – conflict about to happen!

Charles VI (r. 1711 -1740) – spent his reign worrying about his death FYI. . Charles’ dad ran away from his own capital city (Vienna) when the Ottomans attacked in 1683, but then he came back. Felt relieved when he got the Pragmatic Sanction approved for

Maria Theresa, the worrying father’s only kid – alas! a girl. (r. 1740 -1780)

Maria Theresa & Her Family A Few of Her Notable 16 Children: § HRE Joseph II § HRE Leopold II § Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr. ) – exec.

War of the Austrian Succession (male chauvenism, or just good strategy? )