The Birth of Archduke Joseph and the Symbolic Diplomacy of the Vienna Court in 1741

Occupation: Deputy Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the RAS
Affiliation: Deputy Director for Research of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation

Journal name

Slavianovedenie

Edition

Number 5

Pages

5-17

Abstract

An important element of early modern diplomacy was symbolic communication between the allied courts through the exchange of letters informing about important events in the life of the ruling dynasty, the sending of ceremonial embassies to celebrate kinship, friendship, and alliance relations. The year 1741 takes a special place in the history of Russian-Austrian relations due to the important events that influenced the fate of the two powers: the House of Austria got the heir Archduke Joseph, while in Russia the Brunswick dynasty, which ruled on behalf of infant Ivan III (VI), failed to retain power and was overthrown in a coup at the end of the year. More sophisticated in the symbolism of diplomatic gestures, the House of Austria in April 1741 sent four embassies to allied courts after the birth of the Archduke, including St Petersburg, where the third cousin of the new-born ruled. The fact of a short embassy to Russia by Count Johann Balthasar Wilczek was soon consigned to oblivion, but the practice of exchanging embassies survived and later flourished under Elizabeth Petrovna.

Keywords

Vienna, St Petersburg, Brunswick dynasty, extraordinary embassy, Francis of Lorraine, Ludwig Lanczyński, Johann Balthasar Wilczek.

Received

17.09.2022

Publication date

16.10.2022

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31270

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GOST	Havanova O. The Birth of Archduke Joseph and the Symbolic Diplomacy of the Vienna Court in 1741 // Slavianovedenie – 2022. – Number 5 C. 5-17 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://slav.jes.su/S0869544X0022079-9-1 (circulation date: 06.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022079-9
MLA	Havanova, Olga "The Birth of Archduke Joseph and the Symbolic Diplomacy of the Vienna Court in 1741." Slavianovedenie 5 (2022):5-17. DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022079-9
APA	Havanova O. (2022). The Birth of Archduke Joseph and the Symbolic Diplomacy of the Vienna Court in 1741. Slavianovedenie (5), pp.5-17 DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022079-9

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