Nymphenburg, Vertrag von#

Nymphenburg, Alliance of: After Maria Theresia´s accession to the throne, Bavaria and Spain concluded an alliance at Nymphenburg Palace near Munich on May 28, 1741, which aimed at distributing the Habsburg hereditary lands and supporting the Bavarian Elector Karl Albert as candidate for the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (Karl VII). This alliance contributed to the outbreak of the Austrian Succession, War of the. A similar contract apparently concluded between Bavaria and France has been revealed as a forgery perpetrated by a French emigre.

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