Reactions to the peace are mixed in Austria.

The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 had been issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to alter the law of succession of the Habsburg family, allowing his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the Habsburg lands.

Ostensibly the source of the long, bitter War of Austrian Succession, this sanction is upheld by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

The monarchy, led by Maria Theresa's foreign affairs chancellor Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, has survived a disastrous crisis that could have brought its destruction, and the Habsburg preeminence is confirmed in Germany.

The Austrians have saved Bohemia and the duchy of Milan, conceding only minor concessions in Italy.

Maria Theresa is also happy that France has given back the Austrian Netherlands that it had conquered.

Overall, she refers to the war as a miracle as she has saved her Empire from destruction.

However, she is very upset by the loss of the rich province of Silesia to Prussia.

Britain's support for this repossession at Aix-la-Chapelle had spurned Kaunitz to establish an unprecedented alliance with Austria's traditional enemy, France, following the establishment of the treaty.