This ruler's ministers included Wilhelm Haugwitz, who ended the tax exemptions of the nobility, and the public health advisor Gerhard van Swieten, who introduced textbooks to universities. She pursued the "reversal of alliances," abandoning England's help for France, and she lost (*) Silesia after decades of strife with Frederick the Great of Pruss
This ruler's ministers included Wilhelm Haugwitz, who ended the tax exemptions of the nobility, and the public health advisor Gerhard van Swieten, who introduced textbooks to universities. She pursued the "reversal of alliances," abandoning England's help for France, and she lost (*) Silesia after decades of strife with Frederick the Great of Prussia. Her throne was guaranteed by Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction, but she had to rely on the War of the Austrian Succession to secure her rule. For 10 points, name this mother of Joseph II and longtime queen of Austria.
This ruler's ministers included Wilhelm Haugwitz, who ended the tax exemptions of the nobility, and the public health advisor Gerhard van Swieten, who introduced textbooks to universities.