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Single entries and passing mentions of places or persons are not generally indexed.For rulers, regnal years are given; for other individuals, dates of birth and death are provided where these can be estab- lished.For foreign ministers and diplomats, dates and places of service for the period covered by this study are also included.

Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (–) , and , – , , , ,  population of  Ahmed Resmi (–), Ottoman statesman rapprochement with in Russo-Ottoman and diplomat in  and Berlin war – passim ––, ,  relations with Bourbon powers  alliances relations with Prussia –, , –, , Franco-Austrian (–) –, , , ,  , , , , , –, , , –, relations with , , , , , – passim, , ,  –, –, – Franco-Spanish (–) , , ; see also rise of – Third Bourbon Family Compact Seven Years War and , – passim, –, Prusso-British (–)  ; impact of – passim; upon finances, Russo-Austrian (–) , , , –,  , –, , ; upon international Russo-Austrian (–) ,  position,  Russo-Danish (–) , –, , , treaty with () – , –, –,  mentioned , , , , , , , , , , , Russo-French (–) ,  , , , , , , , , , , Russo-Prussian () ,  , ,  Russo-Prussian (–): conclusion of, see also Joseph II; Kaunitz-Rietberg; Maria –; terms of, ; operation of, –, Theresa –, , , , , –, , , Austrian (‘Southern’) Netherlands , , , –, , –, –, –, ,  ,  Anna, Empress of Russia (–) ,  Azov, Sea of ,  Apraksin, S.F.(–), Russian general ,  ‘Army of Observation’, British, in Westphalia , Balta   Baltic Sea , , , , , , , , , Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of , –,  Saxony (–), final illness and death of Russia and, – , –, , , , , ,  Bar, of , ,  Bartenstein, Johann Christoph Freiherr von army of, –, , , , –,  (–), known as ‘Bartenstein the fear of Russia , –; anxiety at Russian elder’, Austrian official  advance ,  Bavaria, electorate of , , , , ,  foreign policy before  –,  see also wars: Bavarian Succession foreign policy after , chapters , – Benoît, Gédéon de, Prussian resident in Poland passim –  importance of  breach with Russia , Berlin , , , , , –, , , , , ,  , – passim, , , ,  loss of , – see also Prussia 

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Bernis, François-Joachim de Pierre, Cardinal de Bukovina, Austrian annexation of (–) , (–), French clerical statesman and –,  foreign minister –, quoted ,  Buturlin, A.B., Count (–), Russian Bernstorff, Andreas Peter von (–), Danish general , ,  diplomat and foreign minister – and Byelorussia  – enters office  Calais, siege of (–)  policy of, – Callières, François de (–), official in Bernstorff, Johan Hartvig Ernst von (–), French foreign ministry and diplomatic Danish foreign minister – theorist , ,  foreign policy of, –, , , , , cameralism, influence on international relations  ,  Canale, Gerolamo Luigi Malabaila di, Count fall of, ,  (–), diplomat from Savoy-Piedmont Bestuzhev-Riumin, Alexis P., Count in Vienna –, quoted ,  (–), Russian statesman and leading Cantonal System, in Prussia , , , ,  minister of Elizabeth – , , , Cap party, in Sweden –, , , , , , , , , –, , –  Bezborodko, A.A., Prince (–), secretary to Caroline Mathilda (–), Queen of Catherine II – and responsible for (–) and sister of George III the administration of Russian foreign policy , ,  ,  Carpathian Mountains  Bielfeld, Jakob Friedrich Freiherr von (–), Catherine II (‘the Great’), wife of Peter III and Prussian official and cameralist , ,  Russian Empress (–) Binder von Kriegelstein, Friedrich Freiherr von difficulties in early s –,  (–), Kaunitz’s deputy in foreign policy of in early reign , –, Staatskanzlei – chapters  and  passim Black Sea , , , , , , , , on personality of Panin  ,  policy in Poland , , – passim, , Habsburg territory of , , , , chapters – passim ,  and Prussian alliance – passim Brandenburg, Hohenzollern province of , , reign of , – , , , , , , ,  relations with prince Henry –,  Breteuil, Louis Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de role in making of foreign policy ,  (–), French diplomat in Russia and Russia’s political integration in Europe –, Sweden –, the Dutch – passim Republic – and Naples –, and Russo-Ottoman war chapters – passim ,  see also Russia Britain Charles III, king of Spain (–), , ,  decline of as a European power , , –, Charles VI, Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg – Monarchy (–)  and first partition of Poland , , – death of, ,  relations with Russia –, , –, Charles XII, King of Sweden (–) , , –, , , , –, –, , ,   Chernyshev, I.G., Count (–), Russian and Seven Years War –, –, ,  naval commander,  mentioned , , , , , , , , , , Chernyshev, Zachar G., Count (–), , , , , , , , , , , , Russian soldier and military administrator ,  , , , ,  Broglie, Charles-François, comte de (–), Chesma, battle of () , , ,  director of the secret du roi  China  Bucharest  Russian détente with,  peace conference at (Nov. –Mar. ) Choiseul, Etienne-François, comte de Stainville, , ,  duc de (–), France’s leading minister Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, Earl of, British – diplomat in Russia – ,  attitude towards Russia ; anti-Russian policy Bug, river ,  of, –, , , ,  

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diplomatic strategy of , –, , , , diplomacy , –, , , ,  Austrian – dismissal of () ,  French  on international system  Prussian –, , – and Polish election of  ,  Russian, – and rebuilding of French navy ,  diplomatic network in Europe ,  and Seven Years War , –, – Russia and ,  ‘Southern System’ of , ,  ‘Diplomatic Revolution’ of  –, , , mentioned, ,  ,  see also alliances: Franco-Austrian, Franco- Dnieper, river , ,  Spanish Dniester, river , ,  Christian VII, King of Denmark (–) Dolgorukov, V.S., Prince (–), Russian , ,  diplomat in Prussia – ,  College of Foreign Affairs, in Russia –, , Dresden ,  ,  Dutch Republic , , , , ,  Ceremonial Department in,  Dvina, river  confederates, in Poland ,  see also Bar; Radom East Friesland, annexed by Prussia in  ,  Corsica, French annexation of island of , , Kingdom of and Hohenzollern  province , , , , , –, , , , Council of State (Staatsrat), in Habsburg , , , , , , , ,  Monarchy  eastern Europe, creation of idea of  Courland, Duchy of, in eastern Baltic , , Eichel, August Friedrich (–), head of ,  Prussian Kabinett , , ,  Crimea, Khanate of –, , , , , Elbe, river ,  , ,  Elizabeth, Russian Empress (–) independence of () ,  death of, , , ,  Russian annexation of (),  mentioned , , , , , , , , Czartoryski, aristocratic lineage in Poland, , , , , , , ,  known as ‘the Family’ , –,  Empire , , , , , , , ,  England see Britain D’Aiguillon, Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerod du Plessis de Richelieu , duc (–), Falça, battle of () ,  French soldier, courtier and foreign Falkland Islands, Anglo-Bourbon dispute over minister – (–) , , , , ,  foreign policy of , , , –, , Favier, Jean-Louis (–), French official and  publicist, on France’s decline  negotiations with Britain (–) , – Fermor, V.V., Count (–), Russian general Danube, river , , , , ,  ,  Danzig , , , ,  Finck von Finckenstein, Karl Wilhelm von Prusso-British confrontation over, – (–) minister in Prussian Daun, Leopold Joseph Graf (–), Kabinettsministerium , , , , –, Habsburg military commander and , , ,  administrator , ,  Finland Delmenhorst ,  Swedish territory of , , , ,  Denmark Gulf of,  naval power of ,  Fokshany, peace conference at (Aug.–Sept, ) in ‘Northern System’ , , –, , ,  , , , – France Russian threat to attack () , ,  and Baltic crisis () – vulnerability of ,  her barrière de l’est ,  mentioned , , , , , , –, collapse of position in Poland  , – conflict over Jesuits – see also alliances: Russo-Danish; Bernstorff, decline of as a European power , , , , , A.P. von; Bernstorff, J.H.E. von; Caroline , –, , –, –, ,  Mathilda; Christian VII; Struensee decline of position in Sweden – 

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France (cont.) quoted , , , , , , , , , demographic and economic resources of , ,   and relations with Austria –, , –, dominant under Louis XIV  , –, –; rapprochement with encourages Russo-Ottoman conflict –, after  –, – ,  retreat from diplomacy after  , –, finances of –, ,   and first partition of Poland , – passim and Seven Years War , –; establishes foreign policy before  – Prussia as a great power ; impact upon hostility towards Russia , , ,  –; increases his role in government , military decline of – –; his role in –; his strategy in ; and Polish election of  – his seizure of Silesia –,  and Seven Years War , , , , , , mentioned , , , , , , , , , –, ; its impact –; strategy , , , , ,  transformed during – see also alliances: Russo-Prussian; Prussia in War of Austrian Succession , ,  Frederick Christian (–), Elector of Saxony mentioned , , , , , , , , , , , () ,  , , , , , , , , –, Frederick William I, Prussian King (–) , –, , , , , , –, , , , , , , , , ,   Frederick William II, King of Prussia (–) see also alliances: Franco-Austrian, Franco-  Spanish; Choiseul; D’Aiguillon; Louis XV; as crown prince,  Louis XVI; Vergennes Frederick William, the ‘Great Elector’ of Francis Stephen (–), Emperor (–) Brandenburg-Prussia (–) ,  and husband of , , ,  Galicia, annexed by Austria (–) , , Frederick II (‘the Great’), Prussian King  (–) General Tariff, in Poland – accession of () ,  Genoa, Republic of  anxieties about his Russian alliance , , George III, King of Britain and Elector of ; extends this treaty () – Hanover (–) , , , , approach to international relations , , , , ,  – Goodricke, Sir John (–), British diplomat architect of first partition of Poland – in Sweden – ,  passim great powers concern with Austria’s military and financial changes in system of , –, , , , situation , , , ,   his control over Prussian diplomacy , , establishment of concept of –  nature of , , , ,  on decline of western powers ,  (–) see wars domestic policy after  –,  Greece  economises over Prussia’s diplomatic ‘Greek Project’, Russian ,  obligations – Gross Jägersdorf, battle of () ,  fear of general war  and chapter  passim Gustav III, King of Sweden (–) , , fear of isolation in s and efforts to avoid , –,  – and chapter  passim fear of Russia , –, ,  Habsburg Monarchy see Austria foreign policy before  – Hagen, Ludwig Philipp Freiherr von (–), hostility towards Saxony  Prussian administrator ,  importance of his leadership – Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles, British diplomat pacific outlook after  –, – in Prussia –,  policy in Poland after  – passim; his Hanover, Electorate of , , , , , , interest in annexing Polish territory ,  –, ; seeks to exploit Poland Harris, Sir James, first Earl of Malmesbury economically , ,  (–), British diplomat in Prussia and Polish election of  – – and Russia – ,  

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Hat party, in Sweden –, , , , , acknowledges Russo-Prussian control over  Poland  Haugwitz, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von approach to international relations , –, (–), Habsburg administrative  reformer , ,  becomes foreign minister ()  Heinitz, Friedrich Anton von (–), and collapse of France after  – Prussian mining expert and official , ,  his control over policy – Henry, Prince of Prussia (–), brother of dismissive of Russian power before  , , , , , , ,   distinctive personality of – political role in the first partition of Poland, fear of Russia’s advance after  –, , – passim ,  second visit to Russia, – first minister after   Hertzberg, Ewald Friedrich Graf von (–), opposes Prussian-style recruitment districts  minister in Prussian Kabinettsministerium,  his outlook after  , –, , , n. , , , , –,  –, ,  Holstein, Duchy of –, , ,  his policy before  – Holstein-Gottorp , ,  and Prussia after  –, , –; Holy Roman Empire see Empire wishes rapprochement with ,  Hume, David (–), British philosopher and rejects Triple Alliance after  historian quoted,  and Russia after  – , Kingdom of , , , , ,  seeks Russian alliance in s –,  and seizure of Bukovina – Italian Peninsula , , , ,  and Seven Years War , , –, ,  urges partition of Poland – Jenkinson, Charles, first Lord Liverpool , , , mentioned , , , , , , , ,  , –,  Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (–), Co- Khotin ,  Regent (–) and sole ruler (–) Knyphausen, Dodo Heinrich Freiherr zu-Inn- of the Habsburg Monarchy und (–) – and annexation of Bukovina, – passim Kolberg, Prussian fortress of , ,  elected King of the Romans () ,  Kolin, battle of () ,  favours expenditure on the army ,  Kunersdorf, battle of () , , , ,  interest in Russian alliance , ; concludes Russian alliance () ,  Lacy, Franz Moritz Graf von (–), interest in territorial gains  Habsburg general and military meeting with Frederick the Great at Neisse administrator ,  () –; at Neustadt ()  Laudon, Gideon Ernst von (–), Habsburg opposes first partition of Poland ,  general  political outlook of ,  Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany (–) and political role of  Emperor (–), brother of Joseph II , mentioned , , , , –, , , ,  , , , ,  Leuthen, battle of () , ,  see also Austria; Empire Liegnitz, battle of () , ,  Junkers see Prussia: nobility ‘little ’ ,  Justi, Johann Heinrich Gottlob von (–), Lloyd, Henry, quoted  cameralist theorist ,  Lorraine, Duchy of  see also Francis Stephen Kabinett, role of in Prussia –,  Lossky, Andrew, quoted  see also Eichel Louis XIV, King of France (–) , , Kabinettsministerium , , –,  , , , , ,  Kartal, battle of () ,  Louis XV, King of France (–) Kaunitz-Rietberg, Wenzel Anton Fürst von his hostility towards Russia,  (–), foreign minister of the Habsburg political role of , , , , , , , , Monarchy – and leading minister , ,  after  see also France; secret du roi 

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Louis XVI, King of France (–) , ,  Oriental Academy, in Vienna ,  Lovisa Ulrika (–), Queen of Sweden Orlov, Aleksey G., Count (–), Russian (–) and sister of Frederick the Great military and naval commander  , , , , , ,  Orlov, Grigory, Prince (–), Russian ‘Lynar Project’ , ,  general and favourite of Catherine II , , ,  Macartney, Sir George, British diplomat in Orsova  Russia – Old Orsova  cited , ,  Osten, A.S. von der, Danish diplomat, and quoted  foreign minister – ,  Magdeburg, Hohenzollern province of ,  Ostermann, I.A., count (–), Russian Maria Theresa, ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy diplomat in Sweden – , , , (–) and Empress (–) ,  hostility towards Prussia ,  Ottoman empire hostility towards Russia , , ,  disadvantaged in – war with Russia opposes first partition of Poland ,   opposes further territorial annexations in French diplomacy in – s ,  and negotiations with Austria () –; outlook after  , –,  treaty with Austria () ,  pacifism of ,  and search for peace in – war with political role of  Russia – passim mentioned , , , , , , , , , , and situation in Poland after – , , , , ,  – see also Austria; Francis Stephen vulnerability of by mid-eighteenth century  Marienwerder, Prussian customs’ post at  and war with Russia (–) chapters – Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ,  passim Mediterranean Sea , , , ,  mentioned , , , , , , , , –, Mitchell, Sir Andrew, British diplomat in Prussia –, , , , , –, , , (–) , –,  , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , ,  Moravia, Habsburg province of , , , , see also Mustafa III  Moscow Panin, Nikita I., Count (–), Russian epidemic in,  statesman in charge of foreign policy University of  – mentioned , ,  advocates Triple Alliance in s  see also Russia Baltic policy undermined  Muhsinzade, Mehmed (c. –), Ottoman foreign policy of , , , , , , general and statesmen , ,   Müller, Gerhard Friederich (–), Russian ‘Northern System’ of – passim, , , official and historian  , , , –, , ,  Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (–) ,  on Poland’s value –, ; policy in , – passim Neisse, meeting at () –, , ,  policy in Russo-Ottoman war –, –, Neustadt, meeting at () , ,  ,  Nivernais, Louis-Jules Barbon-Mazarini- position weakened by Ottoman war –, Mancini (–), duc de, French , , ,  diplomat to Prussia Jan.–June  ,  response to proposed Polish partition () North America , ,  – , territory ruled by Denmark , , mentioned , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , ,  see also Catherine II; Russia Obreskov, A.M. (–), Russian resident in Paul I (–), Russian Emperor Constantinople – –, , , (–), son of , as , ,  Grand Duke, , , , , , , Oder, river , ,  , ,  

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peace settlements Pons-Saint-Maurice, Louis-Marie, marquis de Aix-la-Chapelle () , , , ,  (b. ) French soldier and diplomat in Dresden ()  Prussia – , ,  Hubertusburg () , , , , , , , Porte, the see Ottoman empire , , , ,  Potemkin, G.I., Prince (–), favourite and Kuchuk-Kainardji () , , –, , morganatic husband of Catherine II and ,  spearhead of Russian southern expansion Nystad () , , ,  , , ,  Paris () , , ,  Potsdam , –, , , , , , , Teschen () ,  , ,  Utrecht () ,  see also Frederick II (‘the Great’); Prussia Westphalia () , ,  power, notion of within international system Pentarchy, notion of , ,  –,  Peter I (‘the Great’), ruler of Russia (–) Praslin, César-Gabriel, comte de Choiseul and –, , , , , , , , , , duc de (–), French minister – , , ,  and cousin of the duc de Choiseul , , Peter III (–), husband of Catherine the  Great, Russian Emperor (Jan.–July ) Prussia –, –, , –, , , , , army of –, , –, , –, , –, ,   Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham (‘Pitt the efforts after  to promote domestic elder’)(–), British statesman , , recovery – ,  finances of ,  Podewils, Heinrich Graf (–), Prussian General Directory in , , , ,  minister in Kabinettsministerium  government of ; impact of Seven Years War Poland upon – army of  nobility (Junkers) in , –, , , , declining stability of after  –,  – population of –, , ; losses during and Dissidents in , –, , ,  Seven Years War – and election of  – passim rise of –, – first partition of () , , , , , , , , in Seven Years War , , , , –, , , , , , ; diplomatic , –; impact upon – passim consequences of – passim, chapter  Staatsschatz (‘war-chest’) in , , , – passim; genesis of –; imposition of strategic vulnerability of , , , ,  – weakness of position as a great power –, religious composition of ,  – second and third partitions of  mentioned , , , , , , , , , , , in Seven Years War , ,  , , , , , , , , ,  under Russian control after  see also alliances: Russo-Prussian; Frederick II mentioned , , , , , , , , , , (‘the Great’) –, , , , , , , , , Pugachev rebellion (–), in Russia , , , , , , , , , ,  ,  see also Poniatowski; Saxony Polish (‘Royal’) Prussia, after  the Radom, Confederation of  Hohenzollern province of West Prussia , Ranke, Leopold von, German historian , , , , , , , ,  (–)  n. ,  Pomerania , , , , , ,  Repnin, Nikolai V., Prince (–), Russian Eastern,  diplomat in Poland – and Ottoman Swedish,  empire –, and soldier , , , Western,  , , , ,  Poniatowski, Stanislas August (–), Polish Rexin, Karl Adolf von, Prussian diplomat in nobleman and King of Poland (–), Ottoman empire – ,  , , , , , , , , , Rhineland , , ,  , , , , , – passim, , Ried, Josef Freiherr von, Austrian soldier and ,  diplomat in Berlin – ,  

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Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Saltykov, Petr S., Count (–), Russian fourth Earl of (–), British Secretary general , ,  of State – ,  Savoy-Piedmont ,  Rohde, Jakob Friedrich Graf von, Prussian Saxony, Electorate of official and diplomat in Vienna – army  , , –, , , ,  dynastic link with Poland ; its ending  Rossbach, battle of () , , , ,  invasion of (August ) , ,  Rumyantsev, P.A., Count, Russian general, in and Polish election of  , ,  Seven Years War,  resources of, – in Russo-Ottoman war, , , , , rivalry with Prussia, – ,  and Seven Years War  Russia weakened international position after  advance of in s , , chapter  and  conclusion passim mentioned , , , , , , , , her advantages in war with Ottoman empire ,   see also Poland army of –, , –, –, , , , Schleswig, Duchy of , –  Schweidnitz, Prussian fortress of, in Silesia , détente with Sweden after  –  her diplomatic contacts with Europe , , secret du roi (private foreign policy of Louis XV) – , –, –, , , , – finances of ,  Seven Years War see wars hostility of France towards – Silesia, Habsburg province seized by Prussia in importance of imperial title to  s military recruitment in , – Austria wishes to recover , , , ,  navy of , –, , ,  Prussian annexation of , , –, , , and origins of Seven Years War –  and Ottoman War of – chapters  and  in Seven Years War , , ,  passim; reluctant to allow mediation , value of, to Prussia  ; war aims in , ,  mentioned , ,  and Poland after  –, chapters  and Solms-Sonnenwalde, Viktor Friedrich Graf von  passim (–), Prussian diplomat in Russia and Polish election of  – passim – , , , , , , , population of  ,  rapprochement with Austria during the s Soor, battle of () ,  –, –, –, –,  Sorel, Albert (–), French historian, recovery of control over Denmark after  quoted ,  n.  – Southern Netherlands see Austrian Netherlands rise of – Spain and Seven Years War , , , , , , her foreign policy , , , , , –, , – passim, , , , –; impact upon , ,  , – in Seven Years War ,  and Swedish coup () – Staatenkunde, science of  mentioned , , , , , , , , , , , Staatskanzlei, in Habsburg Monarchy –,  , , , , ,  Staatsrat (in Habsburg Monarchy) see Council of see also alliances: Russo-Prussian; Russo- State Danish; Catherine II; Panin Stackelberg, Otto Magnus, Count (–), Russian diplomat in Poland and viceroy St Petersburg , , , , ,  there – , ,  Convention of ()  Stanislas Augustus, King of Poland see see also Russia Poniatowski Saint-Pierre, Charles-Irénée Castel (–), Struensee, Dr Johann Friedrich (–) , abbé de, publicist  ,  Saldern, Caspar von (–), Holsteiner in Suffolk, Henry Howard, twelfth Earl of Russian service and diplomat in Poland (–), British Secretary of State – ,  –, quoted  

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Sweden Wallachia , , , , ,  Constitution of  in , , , , Walpole, Horace (–), English man-of- , , ,  letters, quoted  coup in () – wars defeated in Great Northern War ,  American Independence (–) , , , party struggle in –, , –, ,  , , ,  and relations of great powers –, , Austrian Succession (–) –, , , , – , , , ,  relations with Russia after  – Bavarian Succession (–) , , –, in Seven Years War , ,  ,  mentioned , , , , , , , –, , Great Northern War (–) , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , ,  Polish Succession (–) , ,  see also Adolf Fredik; Charles XII; Gustav III; Russo-Austrian-Ottoman (–) , ,  Lovisa Ulrika Russo-Ottoman (–): campaigns of –, –;efforts to mediate in Third Bourbon Family Compact () , , –; and European diplomacy, –;  origins of –; mentioned , , , , see also alliances: Franco-Spanish , , , , , , ,  Thugut, Franz Maria Freiherr von (–), Russo-Swedish (–) , ,  Austrian representative in Ottoman empire Seven Years War (–) beyond Europe, – , , , ,  –; continental, –; impact upon Torgau, battle of () , , ,  European powers, chapters – passim; Tott, François, supposedly ‘baron de’ (–), origins of, in Europe –; a religious French agent in Crimea – – war?, ; mentioned , , , , , , , Transylvania ,  , , , , , , , , ,  Two Empresses, treaty of ()  , , , , , , , , , see also alliances: Russo-Austrian , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de (–), , , , , , , ,  French diplomat and foreign minister Spanish Succession (–/) , ,  (–)  ambassador in Constantinople –,  Westphalia, German region of , , ,  approach to international relations – Westminister, Anglo-Prussian neutrality background of  convention of (Jan. ) , ,  foreign policy of , , , , ,  Wettin dynasty see Saxony mentioned , ,  Winterfeldt, Hans Karl von (–), Prussian Versailles general ,  first treaty of () , , ,  Wolff, Johann Christian von (–), natural second treaty of () ,  law theorist  third treaty of ()  Vienna, diplomacy at , , , , , Xavier, Prince of Saxony (–) ,  ,  see also Austria Zegelin, Johann Christoph von, Prussian Vistula, river , ,  resident in Ottoman empire –  Volkonsky, M.N., Prince (–), Russian Zinzendorf, Karl Johann Christian Graf von diplomat in Poland – ,  (–), visit to Prussia  ,  Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet (–), Zinzendorf, Ludwig Friedrich Julius Graf von leading philosophe (–), Habsburg financial expert  cited,  Zips, Austrian annexation of , – quoted,  Zorndorf, battle of () , 

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