as Sardinia and Saxony. France and Prussia were allied with Bavaria. Spain entered the war to reestablish its influence in northern Italy, further reversing an Austrian dominance over the Italian peninsula that had been achieved at Spain’s expense as a consequence of that country’s own War of Succession earlier in the 18th century. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. Frederick of Prussia’s invasion of Saxony in August 1756 began the SevenYearsWar.This time Austria was aligned with France and Russia, while Britain was on the other side with Prussia and Portugal. A search of births in Scotland
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who had stayed at home was the Hanoverian Duke of Atholl. Duke William and his brother George, Lord George Murray, fought for the Prince in 1745-1746. Some months after Culloden George escaped abroad and lived quietly in retirement until his death in Holland in 1760. William was captured and taken to the Tower of London where he died three weeks later. The war of the Austrian
Succession began when the Emperor Karl VI died without a male heir in 1740, bringing to an end the male line of the Hapsburgs. Under the pretext that Maria Theresa was ineligible to succeed to the Hapsburg thrones of her father, Prussia and France challenged the Hapsburg power. Austria was supported by Britain and the Dutch Republic, the traditional enemies of France, as well
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1725-1745 gives 547 results for James Wallace. A search for Hamish or Seumas gives no results except a refer- ral to James. Most are in the Lowlands but there are nine in Perthshire: 1705 at Errol son of GeorgeWallace 1708 at Errol son ofWilliamWallace 1711 at Errol son of JamesWallace and Isobel Davidson 1722 at Cargil son of JohnWallace 1724 at Dull son of RobertWallace and Kirstean MacGregor 1730 at Errol son of PatrickWallace and Margaret Dow 1734 at Errol son of JamesWallace 1739 at Blair Atholl son ofWilliam Wallace and Louisa Lindsay 1743 at Logierait son of Patrick Wallace and JeanToshach A search for marriages of James
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Wallace in Germany 1740-1760 led to an entry on a web site which was not available.