Renversement des alliances

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Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 diplomatic event historical event

Renversement des alliances is the French term for the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, a major realignment of European alliances that reshaped the balance of power before the Seven Years’ War.

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Reversal of Alliances	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ diplomatic event ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Revolution Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
countryInvolved	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
describedBySource	histories of 18th-century diplomacy ⓘ works on the Seven Years’ War ⓘ
field	European history ⓘ diplomatic history ⓘ
followedBy	Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: Seven Years’ War
hasCause	Austrian desire to recover Silesia from Prussia ⓘ Franco-British colonial rivalry ⓘ Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ surface form: Outcome of the War of the Austrian Succession
hasEffect	formation of anti-Prussian coalition ⓘ intensification of Anglo-French global rivalry ⓘ reshaping of the European balance of power ⓘ
hasPart	Austro-Russian alliance of 1756 ⓘ First Treaty of Versailles (1756) ⓘ Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) ⓘ Treaty of Westminster (1756) ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
location	Europe ⓘ
mainSubject	realignment of European alliances ⓘ
result	Anglo-Prussian alliance ⓘ Franco-Austrian alliance ⓘ end of long-standing Habsburg–British alliance ⓘ end of traditional Franco-Prussian cooperation ⓘ
significantPerson	Elizabeth of Russia ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz ⓘ surface form: Kaunitz Louis XV of France ⓘ Madame de Pompadour ⓘ Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ surface form: Maria Theresa of Austria
startTime	1756 ⓘ
temporalContext	18th century ⓘ

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Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 → hasAlternativeName → Renversement des alliances ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reversal of Alliances