WI: Emperor Charles VI follows Prince Eugene's advice?

Wow I'm on a Habsburg role!:D OK down to business. So apparently Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of Austria's most famous and successful generals, advised Emperor Charles VI to concentrate on filling the treasury and equipping the army rather than on acquiring signatures of fellow monarchs. So what if Charles wisely followed his advise? Would Austria, in a strengthened position different from OTL, be able to keep Silesia? Would we see Prussia/Brandenburg remain a second rate power? Or would we just see the Austrian Army preform better, while still losing this incredibly valuable province? And ultimately control over Germany?
 
The outcome of a few conflicts could have been slightly different, not only the war of the Austrian Succession, but also the war of the Polish succession, the war of the Quadruple Alliance and the Austro-Turkish war.

A stronger Austria in the war of the Quadruple Alliance might have prevented the duchy of Parma passing to a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons.

In the war of the Polish Succession Austria was forced to fight on the defensive and Milan, Naples and Sicily were seized by their enemies no to mention that the duchy of an ally, Lorraine, was occupied by France. Later they eventually lost the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily in exchange for Parma & Piacenza. Also their ally was forced to trade Lorraine for Tuscany.
Now Lorraine might still end up occupied and due to the lack of naval abilities Naples and Sicily might still be lost, however in can see them defending Milan much better, which is closer to their core. I can even see Austria gaining those bits of the duchy of Milan, which after the war of the Spanish Succession went to Savoy.

A stronger Austria would also be even more dominant in the Balkans and may end up also keeping territories, which IOTL they only kept a while. In other words it might prevent the OTL treaty of Belgrade (1739) between Austria and the Ottoman Empire, where Austria lost Serbia, the Southern Banat, Northern Bosnia and Oltenia.

IOTL Austria had to cede Silesia and Parma, Piacenza & Guastella and had to return and restore the duchy of Modena and the Republic of Genua.
Now a stronger Austria could definetely fight for a Status Quo Ante Bellum, so no territorial loss this time, but they might still be required to restore Modena and Genua.
Another result of this is a weaker Prussia and worsened Austro-Prussian relations, Austria probably ends up closer to Poland-Lithuania-Saxony and thus no real Polish partitions TTL, though Poland might lose some territories. Austria might be interested in the Polish enclaves in Hungary, but other than that Austria might prefer Poland as an ally. Russia could very well end up seizing the lands they gained in the first and second partition treaty and Prussia-Brandenburg could seize Polish Prussia, but not more (and probably only when in the right alliance).
 
I believe that the "signing of foreign monarchs is largely a myth".

Karl VI. made some mistakes

After he was nominated German Emperor he should have immediatley given up claims on Spain for himself (some other suitable candidate could have been found)

HE NEVER shoudl have given up alliance with Britain and tried to ally with France. (the problems owith Britain about the Oostende company could have been solved differently)

Lastly the participation in the Russo Turkish war cost Austria lands in the Balkans. and it hit the army.

The Problem - even with all diplomatic missons - whe Karl died Austria had no (close) allies.

Keeping good terms with the Brits would likely butterly away the loss of Silesia (haveing a larger/better army without a defeat in 1739 also helps)
 
I believe that the "signing of foreign monarchs is largely a myth".

Karl VI. made some mistakes

After he was nominated German Emperor he should have immediatley given up claims on Spain for himself (some other suitable candidate could have been found)

HE NEVER shoudl have given up alliance with Britain and tried to ally with France. (the problems owith Britain about the Oostende company could have been solved differently)

Lastly the participation in the Russo Turkish war cost Austria lands in the Balkans. and it hit the army.

The Problem - even with all diplomatic missons - whe Karl died Austria had no (close) allies.

Keeping good terms with the Brits would likely butterly away the loss of Silesia (haveing a larger/better army without a defeat in 1739 also helps)

What do you mean with giving up for Spain for himself, renounce all or accept an ATL treaty of Utrecht/Rastatt earlier on. It did gain the Austrian Habsburgs, the kingdoms of Naples and Sardinia, the latter later swapped for Sicily, the duchy of Milan, and the Southern Netherlands.

As noted in my previous post here, defending Naples and Sardinia/Sicily might be hard though, and would require an ally with much better Naval capacities (like the British). Even if Charles would accept less then I can see him want at least Milan and (due to persuasion of his Anglo-Dutch allies) the Southern Netherlands.
Still it is unlikely that giving Naples & Sardinia/Sicily to the Spanish house of Bourbon would be acceptable. So who might be a suitable candidate for those thrones? What about an ally of the house of Habsburg duke Leopold of Lorraine & Bar (and they did have an old claim on the kingdom of Naples), though in exchange France is allowed to keep Lorraine & Bar? Or are there any other suggestions?
 
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If Karl is a little smarter he will be able to retain the British as allies - especially if there is a BURBON Spain (which at least would raise the fear of a Spanish French alliance. As I hinted the Oostende company was seen as competition of teh British East India, so it would be wise to keep it low level...
 
If Karl is a little smarter he will be able to retain the British as allies - especially if there is a BURBON Spain (which at least would raise the fear of a Spanish French alliance. As I hinted the Oostende company was seen as competition of teh British East India, so it would be wise to keep it low level...

Having a Oostende Company does assume that Charles will at least get the Southern Netherlands as a part of his share of the Spanish inheritance. Though like I wrote earlier, Charles would definitely receive some of his OTL gains sooner ITTL. IOTL the Austrian Habsburgs continued hostilities for a while, but the later treaties Rastatt and Baden (for the HRE) actually didn't change much.
 
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