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Silesian Wars

three conflicts between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy for control of Silesia
Event Series of Wars Q699849
Silesian Wars
Pita, Hendrik Jacobus (1843-1910) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
series of wars, war[2]
Location
Central Europe[4]
Facet of
Austrian–Prussian dualism[12]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13][14]
Different from
Slezské války[15]
End time
1763[9]
Has part(s)
First Silesian War, Second Silesian War, Third Silesian War[5][6][7]
Named after
Silesia[3]
Participant
Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy[10][11]
Start time
1740[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Silesian Wars ar الحروب السليزية cs Slezské války da Schlesiske krige de Schlesische Kriege el Πόλεμοι της Σιλεσίας es Guerras de Silesia fi Sleesian sodat fr guerres de Silésie fr Guerres de Silesie he המלחמות השלזיות id Peperangan Silesia it guerre di Slesia ja シュレージェン戦争 ja シュレージエン戦争 ja シュレジェン戦争 ja シュレジエン戦争 ja シレジア戦争 ko 실레시아 전쟁 nl Silezische oorlogen
🔖 Identifiers · 9
GND ID
4052685-9
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.2534, 943.054
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/Silesian-Wars
FactGrid item ID
Ian Ashley
Freebase ID
/m/022ltr
Museum-digital tag ID
29054
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3997571
Topic's main category
Category:Silesian Wars
Yale LUX ID
concept/a86a21a6-6624-4c17-8f2c-a14a4c242934

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 3
First Silesian War, Second Silesian War, Third Silesian War
Participant 2
Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Facet of 1
Austrian–Prussian dualism
FactGrid item ID 1
Ian Ashley
Has these parts 1
Battle of Leuthen
Instance of 1
war
Location 1
Central Europe
Named after 1
Silesia
Topic's main category 1
Category:Silesian Wars
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Silesian Wars
← Participated in conflict 1
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
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Summary

Silesian Wars is a series of wars[1].

Related Entities

Kingdom of Prussia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Central Europe
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Has part(s) → First Silesian War, Second Silesian War, Third Silesian War
    Participant → Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy, Austria
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