✦ History

First Silesian War

December 16, 1740 – June 11, 1742

Result Prussian victory

Ended by Treaty of Breslau, Treaty of Berlin (1742)

Prussia invaded Austrian Silesia and defeated the Habsburgs, seizing most of the province in the first of the Silesian Wars.

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Battles 2

April 10, 1741
Battle of Mollwitz Prussian victory Mollwitz, Silesia, now Małujowice, Poland Frederick the Great, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
May 17, 1742
Battle of Chotusitz Prussian victory Chotusice, Bohemia Frederick the Great, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Key commanders

Kingdom of Prussia 3

Frederick the Great belligerent leader Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau military commander Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin military commander

Habsburg monarchy 6

Maria Theresa military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg military commander Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Károly József Batthyány military commander Joseph Wenzel I of Liechtenstein military commander