Editing War of the Spanish Succession (section)

===Austria and the Holy Roman Empire===
Despite failure in Spain, Austria secured its position in Italy and Hungary and acquired the bulk of the former Spanish Netherlands. Even after reimbursing the Dutch for their Barrier garrisons, increased revenues from the [[Austrian Netherlands]] funded a significant expansion of the [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Austrian army]].{{sfn|Falkner|2015|pp=4173–4181}} With the acquisition of Milan, Mantua, Naples and Sardinia, Austria gained a dominant position in Italy that largely continued until [[Second Italian War of Independence|1859]]. Victory in the [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718]] accentuated the shift of Habsburg focus into Southern Europe and away from Germany, where they were increasingly challenged by Bavaria, Hanover, Prussia, and Saxony. In 1742, [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles of Bavaria]] became the first non-Habsburg Emperor in over 300 years.{{sfn|Lindsay|1957|p=420}}