First Treaty of Versailles (1756)
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The First Treaty of Versailles (1756) was a landmark alliance agreement between France and Austria that reshaped traditional European power blocs on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Treaty of Versailles (1756) canonical | 5 |
| Treaty of Versailles (1756) | 3 |
| Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T236485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: First Treaty of Versailles (1756) Context triple: [Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, isFormalizedBy, First Treaty of Versailles (1756)]
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) was a peace agreement that ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain, forcing Louis XIV to relinquish many of his conquests in the Spanish Netherlands while retaining some key fortified towns.
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Treaty of Vienna (1689)
The Treaty of Vienna (1689) was an alliance agreement that helped form the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France during the Nine Years' War.
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Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741)
The Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) was an alliance during the War of the Austrian Succession in which France, Bavaria, and other powers agreed to oppose Maria Theresa’s inheritance of the Habsburg lands and to partition Austrian territories among themselves.
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D.
Treaty of Berlin (1742)
The Treaty of Berlin (1742) was an agreement concluding the First Silesian War, by which Austria ceded most of Silesia to Prussia, significantly enhancing Prussia’s power in Central Europe.
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E.
Treaty of Vienna (1731)
The Treaty of Vienna (1731) was an agreement between major European powers that helped secure international recognition of the Habsburg succession arrangements set out in the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, reshaping the diplomatic balance in early 18th-century Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: First Treaty of Versailles (1756) Target entity description: The First Treaty of Versailles (1756) was a landmark alliance agreement between France and Austria that reshaped traditional European power blocs on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
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A.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) was a peace agreement that ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain, forcing Louis XIV to relinquish many of his conquests in the Spanish Netherlands while retaining some key fortified towns.
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B.
Treaty of Vienna (1689)
The Treaty of Vienna (1689) was an alliance agreement that helped form the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France during the Nine Years' War.
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C.
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741)
The Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) was an alliance during the War of the Austrian Succession in which France, Bavaria, and other powers agreed to oppose Maria Theresa’s inheritance of the Habsburg lands and to partition Austrian territories among themselves.
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D.
Treaty of Berlin (1742)
The Treaty of Berlin (1742) was an agreement concluding the First Silesian War, by which Austria ceded most of Silesia to Prussia, significantly enhancing Prussia’s power in Central Europe.
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E.
Treaty of Vienna (1731)
The Treaty of Vienna (1731) was an agreement between major European powers that helped secure international recognition of the Habsburg succession arrangements set out in the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, reshaping the diplomatic balance in early 18th-century Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral treaty
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defensive alliance ⓘ international agreement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Franco-Austrian alliance
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surface form:
Franco-Austrian Alliance of 1756
First Treaty of Versailles (1756) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Versailles (1756)
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| category |
1756 in international relations
ⓘ
Treaties of the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ Treaties of the Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| clause |
commitment to neutrality if the other party initiated aggression
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mutual defense in case of attack by a third power ⓘ |
| concludedBy |
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler)
ⓘ
surface form:
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| containsProvision | France and Austria to consult in case of threat from another power ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1756-05-01 ⓘ |
| effect |
contributed to the formation of the Franco-Austrian-Russian coalition
ⓘ
ended centuries-long enmity between France and Austria ⓘ helped trigger the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ reshaped traditional European power blocs ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) ⓘ |
| governingLaw | public international law of the 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
Ancien Régime ⓘ
surface form:
Ancien Régime in France
|
| influenced | subsequent Franco-Austrian military conventions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Kaunitz's diplomatic strategy ⓘ |
| inForceAtStartOf | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalNature | defensive-only alliance ⓘ |
| locationOfSigning |
Versailles
ⓘ
surface form:
Palace of Versailles
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| negotiatedBy |
Duke of Choiseul for France
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Choiseul
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| partOf |
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756
ⓘ
surface form:
Diplomatic Revolution
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| politicalContext |
Austrian effort to recover Silesia from Prussia
ⓘ
shift of France from alliance with Prussia to alliance with Austria ⓘ |
| precededBy | traditional Franco-Austrian rivalry ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish a defensive alliance between France and Austria
ⓘ
to realign European alliances against Prussia and Great Britain ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Austro-Prussian rivalry
ⓘ
Franco-British colonial rivalry ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| signatory |
Austria
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| signedIn | Versailles ⓘ |
| signedInCountry | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
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Subject: First Treaty of Versailles (1756) Description of subject: The First Treaty of Versailles (1756) was a landmark alliance agreement between France and Austria that reshaped traditional European power blocs on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
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