Editing History of Austria (section)

=== War of Bavarian Succession (1778–1779) ===
Over the next several years, Austro-Russian relations began to improve. When the [[War of Bavarian Succession]] (1778–1779) erupted between Austria and Prussia following the extinction of the Bavarian line of the [[Wittelsbach]] dynasty, Russia refused to support Austria, its ally from the Seven Years' War, but offered to mediate and the war was ended, after almost no bloodshed, on 13 May 1779, when Russian and French mediators at the [[Congress of Teschen]] negotiated an end to the war. In the agreement Austria received the [[Innviertel]] from Bavaria, but for Austria it was a case of ''[[status quo ante bellum]]''. This war was unusual for this era in that casualties from disease and starvation exceeded wounds, and is considered the last of the [[Cabinet wars]] in which diplomats played as large a part as troops, and as the roots of [[German dualism|German Dualism]] (Austria–Prussia rivalry).