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The Silesian Wars were a series of three wars fought between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Austria (under Archduchess Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-west Poland). The First (1740–1742) and Second Silesian Wars (1744–1745) formed parts of the War of the Austrian Succession, in which Prussia was one member of an anti-Austrian coalition. The Third Silesian War (1756–1763) was one theatre of the global Seven Years' War, in which Austria led a coalition aiming to seize Prussian territory. All three ended in Prussian victories, and their overall territorial result was Austria's cession of the majority of Silesia to Prussia, which emerged from the Silesian Wars as a new European great power. Austria's defeat by a lesser German power significantly damaged its prestige. The conflict foreshadowed a century-long Austria–Prussia rivalry for hegemony over the German-speaking peoples. (This article is part of a featured topic: Silesian Wars.) (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): The most recent article about one of the Silesian Wars to run at TFA was Third Silesian War on 2 September 2020.
Main editors: Bryanrutherford0
Promoted: 31 May 2020
Reasons for nomination: 15 February is the anniversary of the Treaty of Hubertusberg that ended the series of wars. This topic has articles on twenty-eight other-language wikis and is a FA on the Japanese wiki. It is the main article of a Featured Topic, so it would draw attention to other Featured content through that mention.
Support as nominator. Bryan Rutherford (talk) 16:02, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support You've been waiting this long? We need more reviewers! P anini ^🥪 02:22, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dude 6 months waiting? Gerald WL 09:26, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]