In his reign, Joseph I worked to establish Austrian Hegemony over which country?
Germany
Spain
Poland
Italy
Answer
Joseph I of Austria, who ruled from 1705 to 1711, worked to establish Austrian Hegemony over Italy. This was in part due to the fact that the Austrians had recently gained control of large swathes of territory in northern Italy as a result of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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