HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Augustus Ii The Strong, Augustus Iii Of Poland
Document Summary
The practice of the balance of power, 1715- War of the polish succession of the 1730s, augustus ii died in 1733. Monarchy was always elected and they voted augustus iii to succeed augustus ii. However, the french king louis xv wanted his wife"s father leszczy ski to succeed augustus. 10th october 1733, the french declared war on austria on the question of polish. Cardinal fleury (who had learned moderation from previous french mistakes) managed to keep the war on a small scale and prevented britain from entering the war, thanks to his flourishing diplomacy. By sparing / excluding the austrian netherlands from french aggression, fleury ensured that the dutch and british wouldn"t interfere with france"s war against. The end result was a remarkable exercise of french military achievement but one that was only consolidated by french diplomacy.
