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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 Recovery of Bahía de Todos los Santos by Maíno (1632).. The decline of Spain was the gradual process of financial and military exhaustion and attrition and suffered by metropolitan Spain [1] throughout the 17th century, in particular when viewed in comparison with ascendant rival powers of France and England.
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The Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) was a period of flourishing arts and letters in the Spanish Empire (now Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America), coinciding with the political decline and fall of the Habsburgs. Arts flourished despite the decline of the empire in the 17th century.
Spanish society in the 17th century Habsburg Spain was extremely inegalitarian. The nobility, being wealthier than ordinary people, also had the privilege of being exempt from taxes. Spanish society associated social status with leisure and thus work was undignified for nobles. Even wealthy merchants invested in land, titles, and juros.
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Spain lost French Flanders and northern part of the Principality of Catalonia. 1665: Philip IV died. [10] The Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square miles) in area 1668: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza. 1675
[1] [4] The two fleets met off the coast of Benidorm and, after 14 hours of fighting, [1] the Spanish emerged victorious, [5] sinking the three Algerian xebecs. [2] The Spanish disembarked them in the port of Cartagena , where their wounds were treated and would later be recognized.