Question
This emperor sparked an aristocratic “Magnate Conspiracy” by ceding land to the Ottomans in the Peace of Vasvár (“VAHSH-vahr”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Holy Roman Emperor who grudgingly ceded Strasbourg to Louis XIV (“the fourteenth”) in the Peace of Ryswick (“RISE-vike”), which ended the War of the League of Augsburg.
ANSWER: Leopold I [or Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor; prompt on Leopold, Holy Roman Emperor]
[10e] Two years later, Leopold I triumphantly signed the Treaty of Karlowitz (“CAR-luh-vits”) with the Ottomans after this general’s victory at Zenta. This general later joined forces with the Duke of Marlborough to defeat France at Blenheim (“BLEN-im”).
ANSWER: Prince Eugene of Savoy [or François-Eugène de Savoie; or Eugen von Savoyen; or Principe Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano; prompt on Eugene, François-Eugène, Eugen, or Eugenio]
[10h] A year after Karlowitz, Leopold I secured Hohenzollern (“hoh-in-TSOH-lurn”) military aid in the War of Spanish Succession in a treaty with Frederick III of Brandenburg. In return, Leopold I let Frederick assume this title, which acted as a workaround to a ban on royal titles within the empire.
ANSWER: King in Prussia [or König in Preussen; accept Frederick I, King in Prussia or Friedrich I, König in Preussen; reject “King of Prussia”; reject “König von Preussen”]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 24 | 15.00 | 63% | 13% | 75% |
Data
| Stanford A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| South Carolina A | Iowa State A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke A | Ohio State A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn A | McGill A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL B | Penn State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto A | MIT A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Indiana A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Florida A | Cornell A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard A | Cornell B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Imperial A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Michigan A | Purdue A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Minnesota B | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Florida B | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale A | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern A | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas A | Minnesota A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia A | Claremont A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Chicago C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Houston A | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago A | Brown A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |