A diplomatic agreement signed between Austria and…

May 1757 CE

A diplomatic agreement signed between Austria and France at the Palace of Versailles on May 1, 1757, during the Seven Years' War expands on the First Treaty of Versailles from the previous year that had established the Franco-Austrian Alliance.

Under the terms of the new agreement, commonly known as the Second Treaty of Versailles, France agrees to assist Austria in regaining the province of Silesia from Prussia in exchange for Austria's cession of the Austrian Netherlands to France at the war's conclusion—the acquisition of which has long been a goal of the French state.

Financial subsidies paid from France to Austria are continued.

This confirms British fears of the depth of the alliance.

In the wake of the treaty, ...

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Versailles Ile-de-France France View →

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Frederick the Great View → George II of Great Britain View → Louis XV of France View → Madame de Pompadour View → Maria Theresa View → Philip, Duke of Parma View → Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg View → William Pitt View →

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Austria, Archduchy of View → Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of View → Saxony, Electorate of View → Holy Roman Empire View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Bavaria, Electorate of View → Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover) View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Prussia, Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Netherlands, Southern (Austrian) View → Russian Empire View →

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