Foreign Recognition
For 10 years, Charles VI labored to have his sanction accepted by the courts of Europe. Only the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Bavaria did not accept, because it was detrimental to their inheritance rights.
- France accepted in exchange for the duchy of Lorraine, under the Treaty of Vienna (1738).
- Spain accepted after the sale of the Duchy of Parma in favor of the Infante Don Carlos. He went on to conquer Naples and Sicily, after which he returned Parma to the Emperor
- Great Britain accepted in exchange for the cessation of operations of the Ostend Company.
- King Frederick I of Prussia approved for his loyalty to the Emperor.
Charles VI made commitments with Russia and Augustus of Saxony, King of Poland from which came two wars: the War of the Polish Succession against France and Spain, which cost him Naples and Sicily, and a war with Turkey, which cost him Wallachia and Serbia.
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