Through the agreement, the Bavarian Elector Charles Albert gained the support of King Philip V of Spain to become the next Holy Roman Emperor against the claims of the Habsburgs.

[4] In December 1740, Frederick II used the death of Charles VI and the uncertain status of Maria Theresa as an opportunity to invade and acquire the Habsburg Monarchy's province of Silesia for Prussia.

[6] Within two months of Frederick's victory at Mollwitz, Marshal Belleisle, who served under the authority of Louis XV of France,[7] began a circuit of the courts of the Holy Roman Empire to find allies in a war against the Habsburg Monarchy.

[8] In May 1741, Bellisle went to Munich to negotiate with the Bavarian Elector Charles Albert, who wished to be crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor rather than an Austrian Habsburg heir.

[12] In addition, Bellisle also committed France to an alliance with Bavaria,[13] providing both financial and military support for Charles Albert's claim.

[15] Although the French subsequently provided money and soldiers to support Charles Albert against the Habsburg Monarchy, there is still no reliable evidence that a formal written treaty between France and Bavaria existed.