Dresden, Treaty of, 25 December 1745

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Treaty that ended fighting between Austria and Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession. Frederick II of Prussia acknowledged Francis I as Holy Roman Emperor in return for which he kept most of Silesia, taken from Austria during the war.

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Dresden, Treaty of, 25 December 1745

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