1740 and All That

This is a snapshot of 1720s foreign policy, geared toward providing a context for answering the question of what happens when a runaway Prussian crown prince shows up in France in 1730.

Trending topics

In this section, I'm sharing a selection of major issues that the major international players care about, i.e. their trending topics.

There are a lot, obviously. I'm ignoring ones that don't seem likely to directly affect Fritz in 1730, like Jacobitism, many of the ones having to do with trade and colonies overseas (although not all, as you'll see), and, like, Russia.

( Wittelsbachs as emperors )

( Wittelsbach subsidies )

( Jülich & Berg )

( Dunkirk )

( Gibraltar )

( Parma and Tuscany )

( Pragmatic Sanction )

( Ostend Company )

( Bremen and Verden )

( Holstein-Gottorp and Schleswig )

( Mecklenburg )

Decision-making Characters

In this section, I'm talking about some characters that will be relevant to the decision-making process about a Prussian crown prince seeking asylum.

They're French, because this was researched for a fictional AU (unwritten) in which Fritz shows up in France.

( Cardinal Fleury )

( Chauvelin )

( Rottembourg )

International relations

( Britain-France )

( Britain-Austria )

( Britain-Spain )

( Britain-Bavaria )

( Britain-Prussia )

( Austria-Spain )

( Austria-France )

( Austria-Prussia )

( France-Spain )

( Netherlands )

( Russia )

Diplomacy

These are SOME of the relevant treaties made in our period.

1725: Treaty of Vienna
1725: Treaty of Hanover
1726: Treaty of Wusterhausen
1727: Preliminaries of Paris
1728: Peace of Pardo
1729: Treaty of Seville
1731: Treaty of Vienna
1733: Bourbon Family Compact

( 1725: Treaty of Vienna )

( 1725: Treaty of Hanover )

( 1726: Treaty of Wusterhausen )

( 1727: Preliminaries of Paris )

( 1728: Peace of Pardo )

( 1729: Treaty of Seville )

( 1731: Treaty of Vienna )

( 1733: Bourbon Family Compact )

( FW, awkward negotiator )

Salon Discussion

( Saxony )