Leuthen was the last battle Hostile_encounter at which Prince Charles commanded Control the Austrian Army , before his sister-in-law , Empress Maria Theresa , appointed Choosing him as governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and placed Placing Leopold Joseph von Daun in command Control of the army .

In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

These events caused Causation widespread fears throughout northern and central Europe , and triggered Causation the Protestant Bohemians living in the then relatively loose dominion of Habsburg Austria ( and also with the Holy Roman Empire ) to revolt Change_of_leadership against their nominal ruler , Ferdinand II .

Habsburg Spain , wishing to finally crush Bodily_harm the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic ( which was de facto independent since 1581 but de jure still a part of the Holy Roman Empire ) , intervened under the pretext of helping its dynastic Habsburg ally , Austria .

Habsburg Spain , wishing to finally crush Bodily_harm the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic ( which was de facto independent since 1581 but de jure still a part of the Holy Roman Empire ) , intervened under the pretext of helping its dynastic Habsburg ally , Austria .

No longer able to tolerate Control the encirclement of two major Habsburg powers on its borders , Catholic France entered Arriving the coalition on the side of the Protestants in order to counter Communication the Habsburgs .

The rise Motion_directional of Bourbon France , the curtailing of Habsburg ambition , and the ascendancy of Sweden as a great power created Creating a new balance of power on the continent , with France emerging Coming_to_be from the war strengthened Cause_change_of_strength and increasingly dominant in the latter part of the 17th century .

The Second Northern War ( 1655–60 , also First or Little Northern War ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1655–60 ) , the Moscow Tsardom ( 1656–58 ) , Brandenburg-Prussia ( 1657–60 ) , the Habsburg Monarchy ( 1657–60 ) and Denmark–Norway ( 1657–58 and 1658–60 ) .

John II Vasa found Know an ally in Leopold I of Habsburg , whose armies crossed Motion_directional into Poland–Lithuania from the southwest .

It was the second battle Hostile_encounter between the French Army of the Danube , commanded Control by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , and the Habsburg Army under Archduke Charles ; the armies had met Come_together a few days earlier , 20–22 March , on the marshy fields southeast of Ostrach and the Pfullendorf heights .

The Eighty Years ' War Hostile_encounter ( ; ) or Dutch War Hostile_encounter of Independence ( 1568–1648 ) was a revolt Change_of_leadership of the Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands , Belgium , and Luxembourg against Philip II of Spain , the sovereign Change_of_leadership of the Habsburg Netherlands .

They eventually were able to oust Change_of_leadership the Habsburg armies , and in 1581 they established Creating the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Castiglione saw the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte attack Attack an army of Habsburg Monarchy led by `` Feldmarschall '' Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser on 5 August 1796 .

In September 1805 the Electorate of Bavaria under Prince-elector Maximilian I Joseph of Wittelsbach , that had been allied Collaboration with the Habsburg Monarchy under the common federally structured Holy Roman Empire , went Change over to Napoleonic France : the Bavarian Minister Count Maximilian von Montgelas , realizing the French superiority while fearing the ambitions of the newly established Austrian Empire , signed Sign_agreement a secret defence alliance at Bogenhausen .

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter from the 16th through the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy , which was at times supported Supporting by the Holy Roman Empire , Kingdom of Hungary , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and Habsburg Spain .

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter from the 16th through the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy , which was at times supported Supporting by the Holy Roman Empire , Kingdom of Hungary , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and Habsburg Spain .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Heiligerlee ( 5 August 1536 ) was a battle Hostile_encounter during the Guelders Wars Hostile_encounter , in which the Danish allies of Charles of Guelders , under command Control of Meindert van Ham , were defeated Conquering by Habsburg forces under Georg Schenck van Toutenburg .

In 1534 , the Danish Count 's Feud Quarreling spilled Filling over into the Low Countries where the Guelders Wars Hostile_encounter were raging , when Habsburg supported Supporting Enno II , Count of East Frisia , ally of Christopher of Oldenburg and Charles , Duke of Guelders supported Supporting Balthasar Oomkens von Esens , ally of Christian III of Denmark .

He threatened Warning to invade Attack Holland if the Habsburg Netherlands would gather Come_together a fleet in support Supporting of Christopher of Oldenburg to lift Process_end the siege Besieging of Copenhagen .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Modena ( 12 June 1799 ) saw a Republican French army commanded Control by Jacques MacDonald attack Attack a Habsburg Austrian covering Hiding_objects force led by Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen .

Habsburg and Württemberg regulars numbering 40,000 , under the command Control of Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour , besieged Besieging and captured Conquering the French-controlled fortifications at the village of Kehl in the German state of Baden-Durlach .

By October , the Habsburg force , under the command Control of Archduke Charles , had pushed Self_motion the French back to the Rhine .

As the engagement Hostile_encounter began Process_start , Habsburg numerical superiority overwhelmed Destroying French defenses Defending .

The Kuruc Army between Mogersdorf and Szentgotthárd attacked Attack the Austrians ( the Habsburg troops was also consisted of several Croatian and Serbian corps ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Froeschwiller ( 18–22 December 1793 ) saw Republican French armies led Conquering by Lazare Hoche and Charles Pichegru attack Attack a Habsburg Austrian army commanded Control by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser .

The Spanish Armada ( ) was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed Self_motion from Corunna in late May 1588 , under the command Control of the Duke of Medina Sidonia , with the purpose of escorting Patrolling an army from Flanders to invade England .

The Battle Military_operation of Rastatt ( 5 July 1796 ) saw part of a Republican French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau clash Hostile_encounter with elements of the Habsburg army under Maximilian Anton Karl , Count Baillet de Latour which were defending Defending the line of the Murg River .

Additionally , it rolled Self_motion back the gains the Habsburg family had made Manufacturing in re-centralizing political power in the Holy Roman Empire in the hands of the Holy Roman Emperor .

The Thirty Years War arose Coming_to_be out of a regional dispute Quarreling between Bohemian Protestants and their Habsburg monarchs .

The revolution Change_of_leadership , which occurred Coming_to_be at the same time as revolutions Change_of_leadership in France and Liège , led to Causation the brief overthrow Change_of_leadership of Habsburg rule Control and the proclamation Statement of a short-lived polity , the United Belgian States .

By mid-1790 , Habsburg Austria ended Process_end its war Military_operation with the Ottoman Empire and prepared GetReady to suppress Hindering the Brabant revolutionaries Change_of_leadership .

Foreign allies provided Supply financing and other assistance Assistance to both sides , with Habsburg Spain and the Duchy of Savoy supporting Supporting the Guises , and England supporting Supporting the Protestant side led by the Condés and by the Protestant Jeanne d'Albret , wife of Antoine de Bourbon , King of Navarre , and her son , Henry of Navarre .

The members of the Grand Alliance , Holy Roman Empire , England , the Netherlands , Pro-Habsburg Spain , Portugal and the Savoy , had allied Collaboration to prevent Preventing_or_letting the unification of the French and Spanish thrones by supporting Supporting the claim Statement of the Habsburg pretender Archduke Charles VI of Austria as Charles III of Spain .