Diplomatic Revolution of 1756

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The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 was a major realignment of European alliances, most notably the shift of Austria from Britain to France and of Prussia to Britain, which reshaped the balance of power on the eve of the Seven Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alliance realignment ⓘ
diplomatic event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
changesAllianceOf Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Renversement des alliances ⓘ
Reversal of Alliances ⓘ
hasCause Austrian desire to recover Silesia from Prussia ⓘ
British concern over French colonial expansion ⓘ
breakdown of traditional Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry pattern ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect foundation for coalition structures in Seven Years' War ⓘ
increased global dimension of European conflicts ⓘ
rise of Prussia as a great power ⓘ
weakening of traditional Habsburg dominance in Germany ⓘ
hasMainRegion Europe ⓘ
involvesCountry Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
involvesDiplomat Cardinal de Bernis ⓘ
Duke of Newcastle ⓘ
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz ⓘ
involvesRuler Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
Louis XV of France ⓘ
Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ
isFormalizedBy First Treaty of Versailles (1756) ⓘ
Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) ⓘ
Westminster Convention (1756) ⓘ
isOnEveOf Seven Years' War ⓘ
isRelatedToConflict Austrian Succession, War of the ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Silesian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Third Silesian War
newAlliancePattern Austro-French alignment against Prussia and Britain ⓘ
occursInCentury 18th century ⓘ
occursInYear 1756 ⓘ
precedes Seven Years' War ⓘ
previousAlliancePattern Anglo-Austrian alignment against France ⓘ
resultsIn Anglo-Prussian alliance ⓘ
Austro-French alliance ⓘ
end of long-standing Anglo-Austrian alliance ⓘ
isolation of Prussia from former allies ⓘ
realignment of European balance of power ⓘ

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Seven Years' War → relatedEvent → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Renversement des alliances → hasCause → Outcome of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
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Renversement des alliances → alsoKnownAs → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Renversement des alliances → alsoKnownAs → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz → notableWork → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Anglo-Prussian alliance → hasRelatedEvent → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Westminster Convention (1756) → partOf → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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First Treaty of Versailles (1756) → partOf → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) → partOf → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Treaty of Westminster (1756) → context → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Franco-Austrian alliance → mainContext → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Austro-Russian alliance of 1756 → hasPreambleContext → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Austro-Russian alliance of 1756 → relatedConcept → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
European theatre of the Seven Years' War → significantEvent → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) → preceded → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Court of Louis XV of France → associatedWithEvent → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
Austrian campaigns in the Seven Years' War → diplomaticContext → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis → participatedIn → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Third Treaty of Versailles (1758) → relatesTo → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Prussian–Russian front of the Seven Years' War → relatedTo → Diplomatic Revolution ⓘ
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Holstein-Gottorp succession claims → connectedTo → Seven Years' War diplomacy ⓘ
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Russian campaigns in East Prussia → relatedTo → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ