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Had the Hapsburgs not been so busy fighting the French, there is a possibility they might have been involved in the 2nd Partition of Poland (though, more likely, without a Hapsburg-French war going on at the time, the 2nd Partition never happens, or is delayed until the Hapsburgs are distracted).

My question is: what would the Hapsburgs gain if they did participate in the Partition? As I understand the situation, while the Prussian and Russian already knew what they wanted should another partition happen, the Hapsburgs had already gotten everything they wanted in the 1st Partition, so any gains in an alternate 2nd and 3rd Partition would be basically arbitrary. Does anyone have any information either confirming or contradicting this?

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