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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 .
In 1708, during the War of Spanish Succession, Anglo-Dutch forces under Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene besieged Lille, capital of French Flanders.The fortress of Lille had been designed by Marshal Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, who had considered it his crowning achievement. [1]
Wager's Action off Cartagena is a circa 1747 seascape history painting by the English artist Samuel Scott. [1] It depicts Wager's Action in 1708, a naval a battle during the War of the Spanish Succession when the Royal Navy under Admiral Charles Wager attacked and sank ships of the Spanish treasure fleet.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). Please see the category guidelines for more information. v
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The Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España) entered a new era with the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg monarch, who died childless in 1700. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between proponents of a Bourbon prince, Philip of Anjou, and the Austrian Habsburg claimant, Archduke Charles.
The siege of Barcelona (Catalan: Setge de Barcelona, IPA: [ˈsedʒə ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]) was a thirteen month battle at the end of the War of Spanish Succession, which pitted Archduke Charles of Austria (backed by Great Britain and the Netherlands, i.e. the Grand Alliance) against Philip V of Spain, backed by France in a contest for the Spanish crown.
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.