First Silesian War

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18th-century conflict war

The First Silesian War (1740–1742) was the initial conflict in which Prussia under Frederick the Great seized most of Silesia from the Habsburg Monarchy during the wider War of the Austrian Succession.

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Label Occurrences
First Silesian War canonical 13
Prussian invasion of Silesia 2
Prussian invasion of Silesia (1740) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Silesian War ⓘ
surface form: Erster Schlesischer Krieg

First Silesian War ⓘ
surface form: Première guerre de Silésie
cause Prussian claims on Silesian territories ⓘ
First Silesian War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prussian invasion of Silesia
commander Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ
surface form: Maria Theresa of Austria
conflictIn 1740s ⓘ
conflictType Silesian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Prusso-Austrian war

territorial war ⓘ
countryInvolved Austria ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
endedBy peace between Prussia and Austria in 1742 ⓘ
endTime 1742 ⓘ
followedBy Second Silesian War ⓘ
Third Silesian War ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Chotusitz ⓘ
Battle of Mollwitz ⓘ
Siege of Brieg ⓘ
Siege of Brieg ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Neisse
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Central Europe ⓘ
Silesia ⓘ
mainBelligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
notableCommander Kurt Christoph von Schwerin ⓘ
surface form: Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ⓘ
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ⓘ
opponent Austria ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
partOf Silesian Wars ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
precededBy War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
primaryTheatre Silesia and Bohemia ⓘ
reasonForConflict Prussian desire to expand territory and influence ⓘ
dispute over succession to the Habsburg lands ⓘ
result Prussian conquest of most of Silesia ⓘ
Prussian victory ⓘ
significantEvent entry of Prussia into great-power politics ⓘ
startTime 1740 ⓘ
territorialChange Most of Silesia ceded to Prussia ⓘ
theatreOfWar Silesian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Berlin (1742) ⓘ
Treaty of Breslau ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austrian Silesia → significantEvent → First Silesian War ⓘ
Treaty of Hubertusburg → predecessorConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Treaty of Breslau → endedConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Treaty of Breslau → predecessorEvent → First Silesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prussian invasion of Silesia (1740)
Treaty of Berlin (1742) → concludedConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Treaty of Berlin (1742) → predecessorConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prussian invasion of Silesia (1740)
Silesia → historicalEvent → First Silesian War ⓘ
Battle of Mollwitz → partOf → First Silesian War ⓘ
Battle of Mollwitz → precededBy → First Silesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prussian invasion of Silesia
Second Silesian War → precededBy → First Silesian War ⓘ
Second Silesian War → relatedConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Silesian Wars → hasPart → First Silesian War ⓘ
First Silesian War → cause → First Silesian War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prussian invasion of Silesia
First Silesian War → alsoKnownAs → First Silesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erster Schlesischer Krieg
First Silesian War → alsoKnownAs → First Silesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Première guerre de Silésie
Treaty of Dresden (1745) → relatedConflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Central European theater of the War of the Austrian Succession → conflict → First Silesian War ⓘ
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin → participatedIn → First Silesian War ⓘ
Battle of Striegau → precededBy → First Silesian War ⓘ