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The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Austrian Habsburgs .
During the War of the Spanish Succession, the city of Girona was besieged by French troops allied with Bourbon Spain from 15 December 1710 until 25 January 1711, when its Habsburg defenders surrendered. [1] [2] The attacking Franco-Spanish army numbered some 19,000 and was commanded by Duke Adrien Maurice de Noailles. The city was well ...
During the War of the Spanish Succession, a European coalition tried to keep Spain out of French hands. The War of the Austrian Succession grew out to an almost pan-European land war, spreading to colonies in the Americas and India. [94] War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), after the death of king Charles II of Spain
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713), North American theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession; War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748), a pre-existing Anglo-Spanish conflict in the Americas subsumed into the War of the Austrian Succession; King George's War (1746–1748), North American theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession
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The War of the Spanish Succession was triggered by the death in November 1700 of the childless Charles II of Spain.He named his heir as Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France, and on 16 November 1700, he became king of the Spanish Empire.
Articles relating to the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), an early 18th century European war, triggered by the death in November 1700 of the childless Charles II of Spain. It established the principle that dynastic rights were secondary to maintaining the balance of power between different countries.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... GPX (secondary coordinates) Sieges of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1715).