Ömer Faruk Alişan: Joseph II, Emperor after 1765, had been harbouring certain designs in connection with acquiring parts of southern Germany, including a scheme for exchanging the Austrian Netherlands for the whole of Bavaria. Against this, in 1785 Frederick II constructed the League of Princes, which included the Elector of Saxony, the Archbishop of Mainz, and George III of England in his capacity as the Elector of Hanover. By the later eighteenth century, it was clear that there were now two contenders for domination of German affairs: Prussia had risen to become a powerful rival for Austria. It should be noted, however, that at this stage there was still no thought of a unified nation state: this was a concept of the future, a phenomenon of the nineteenth century.

Joseph II, Emperor after 1765, had been harbouring certain designs in connection with acquiring parts of southern Germany, including a scheme for exchanging the Austrian Netherlands for the whole of Bavaria. Against this, in 1785 Frederick II constructed the League of Princes, which included the Elector of Saxony, the Archbishop of Mainz, and George III of England in his capacity as the Elector of Hanover. By the later eighteenth century, it was clear that there were now two contenders for domination of German affairs: Prussia had risen to become a powerful rival for Austria. It should be noted, however, that at this stage there was still no thought of a unified nation state: this was a concept of the future, a phenomenon of the nineteenth century.

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