Austro-Russian-Saxon coalition

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The Austro-Russian-Saxon coalition was an alliance of Austria, Russia, and Saxony that fought together in the War of the Polish Succession to support their preferred claimant to the Polish throne and counter French influence in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military alliance
political coalition
aimedTo counter French influence in Central Europe
counter French influence in Eastern Europe
support their preferred claimant to the Polish throne
alliedWith Holy Roman Empire
conflictWith Bourbon powers
France
formedDuring War of the Polish Succession
geopoliticalGoal expand Russian influence in Polish affairs
limit Bourbon expansion in Europe
maintain Habsburg influence in Poland
hadTheaterOfWar Italian Peninsula
Poland
Rhine region
hasMember Austria
Electorate of Saxony
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Russia
Russian Empire
Saxony
historicalContext decline of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
rivalry between Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties
influenced succession to the Polish throne
languageOfDiplomacy French
Latin
ledBy Austria
Russia
operatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Europe
opposed French-backed candidate for the Polish throne
Stanisław Leszczyński
participatedIn War of the Polish Succession
partOf European balance of power politics
preceded later partitions of Poland (indirectly)
relatedTo War of the Polish Succession
surface form: Polish royal election of 1733

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
resultedIn recognition of Augustus III as King of Poland
supported Augustus III as King of Poland
surface form: Augustus III of Poland

House of Wettin claim to the Polish throne
timePeriod 1733–1738
18th century
typeOfConflictSide anti-French coalition
usedInstrument diplomatic pressure on the Polish–Lithuanian nobility
military intervention in Poland

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War of the Polish Succession belligerentSide Austro-Russian-Saxon coalition
Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) hasSubject Austro-Russian-Saxon coalition
this entity surface form: anti-Prussian coalition