Saxony. Saxony exists, right? They're the glaring omission in this write-up, and there's a reason for that: in 1763, August III, Brühl, and August III's son and heir, Friedrich Christian, all die within about 10 weeks of each other: October 5, October 28, December 17.
This was just as Friedrich Christian was starting to implement an independent (anti-Brühl) policy and get Saxony back on its feet after the catastrophic Seven Years' War, when the smallpox got him. Freaking smallpox.
His son with Maria Antonia is a minor, so that leaves Saxony in a state of political disarray. Friedrich Christian has brothers, who try to play for the throne of Poland and other places (like the Duchy of Courland), but who don't have enough resources of their own or support from allies to get anything noteworthy done in terms of a Saxon foreign policy in the 1760s and 1770s.
Sadly, that means the Saxony installment of this write-up ends here. A couple more posts from me on miscellaneous topics, and that'll be it!
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1764-1772 Foreign policy: Saxony
Date: 2024-02-15 12:37 am (UTC)This was just as Friedrich Christian was starting to implement an independent (anti-Brühl) policy and get Saxony back on its feet after the catastrophic Seven Years' War, when the smallpox got him. Freaking smallpox.
His son with Maria Antonia is a minor, so that leaves Saxony in a state of political disarray. Friedrich Christian has brothers, who try to play for the throne of Poland and other places (like the Duchy of Courland), but who don't have enough resources of their own or support from allies to get anything noteworthy done in terms of a Saxon foreign policy in the 1760s and 1770s.
Sadly, that means the Saxony installment of this write-up ends here. A couple more posts from me on miscellaneous topics, and that'll be it!