Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1777, ihe ngwa ngwa Josef mere n'agha mere ka ndị
Agha nke Ịgbaso Ọchịchị Bavaria. Mgbe ọnọdụ ndị Austria ghọrọ nke a na-apụghị ịnagide, Kaunitz mere mkparịta ụka udo n'onwe ya; site na nkwekọrịta Teschen nke 1779, ọ meriri mpaghara Bavarian Innviertel maka Austria. N'ihe ndị metụtara Imperial, ọ nwere ike ịchịkwa Perpetual Diet nke Regensburg; na 1780 ọ nwekwara ihe ịga nke ọma n'itinye Habsburg Archduke Maximilian Francis nke Austria, nwanne Josef nke nta, dị ka bishọp coadjutor na Electorate nke Cologne na Prince-Bishopric nke Münster.