Treaty of Breslau

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Silesia (in red border) after 1742. Prussia (black); Austria (yellow), Poland (pink).

The Treaty of Breslau was signed on June 11, 1742 in Wroclaw (called Breslau in German), between Austrian archduchess Maria Theresa and Frederick II of Prussia. Based on the terms of the treaty, Maria Theresa ceded most of Silesia to Frederick except for the districts of Troppau, Teschen, and Jägerndorf. This treaty, along with the Treaty of Berlin, officially ended the First Silesian War.

[edit] See also

• List of treaties

[edit] External links

• Encyclopedia Britannica Concise: Silesian Wars
• Encyclopedia Britannica: The War of the Austrian Succession

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