What principles determined the foreign policy of sovereign absolutist monarchies?

The period of existence of absolutist monarchies is marked by the regulation of the conduct of politics both within the state and outside it within the framework of international relations. The foreign policy of absolutist monarchies was largely determined by the interests of the dynasty of one or another monarch and his ties to other monarchs by kinship. Each of the rulers of such a state tried to strengthen their state as much as possible, but at the same time not to upset the balance of power on the continent, which was characteristic of reactionary regimes. For monarchs, war was one of the most powerful tools in foreign policy.