W ar of the spanish succession

WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION

By Alex Jacobson

What the war is aboutThe war was fought among several EuropeanIncluding a divided Spain in 1701-1714 Over the possible unification of France and Spain kingdoms under one bourbon monarch

TERRITORY CHANGE Spain loses the Spanish Netherlands,

Kingdom of Naples, Duchy of Milan and Sardinia to the Habsburg Monarchy

Sicily to the Duchy of Savoy and Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain.

Dutch Republic retains various forts in the Southern Netherlands and annexes a part of Spanish Guelders.

Locations and results Europe, North America West indies

Treaty of Utrecht 1713

Treaty of Rastatt 1714

Philip is partially recognized as King of Spain, but renounces any claim to the throne of France.

Spain and Britain sign the Asiento

Belligerents Spain loyal to Archduke Charles Habsburg Monarchy  Great Britain before 1707  Dutch Republic  Duchy of Savoy  Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Portugal Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain  Kingdom of France Electorate of Bavaria

Commanders and leaders Archduke Charles Marquis of villadarias

Joan Baptista Basset Louis XIV of FranceRafael Casanova Duc de VillarsEugene of Savoy Duc de VendômeMargrave of Baden Duc de BoufflersCount Starhemberg Duc de VilleroiWilliam III Comte de Tessé Duke of Marlborough Maximilian II EmanuelMarquis de RuvignyGeorge RookeCount OverkirkMarquess of MinasVictor Amadeus II

Philip V of SpainDuke of Berwick

The recognized king of Spain Philip V of Spain was King of Spain from November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death. At one point in 1712 Philip was offered the choice of renouncing the throne of Spain so that he could be made heir of France, but he refused.Philip decided to relinquish his right of succession to France under one condition: the introduction of semi-Salic law in Spain. Under this law, the succession to the Spanish crown was limited to his entire male line before it could pass to any female, a condition of his renunciation made clear to the allies during the preliminaries of the Treaties of Utrecht.

West indies and high seas The war on the high seas and in the

West Indies was a largely economic war. The treasure fleets of Spain and Portugal were targeted by their opponents, and colonial outposts were subjected to raids that were often executed by either privateering fleets outfitted for profit by merchants and nobles, or they included a combination of public and private financing of their efforts.

Marshal VillarsMarshal Villars rescued the French fortunes in the War of the Spanish Succession. Villars was King Louis' most successful commander in the war. lead the French charge at the Battle of Denain. Oil on canvas, 1839

English to Spanish Commander comandante Territory territorio King monarca Succession sucesión Weapon arma Leader líder Change convertir West indies Indias

Occidentales High seas el mar abierto

Importance to region It helped rebuild Spain and

recreate broken ties to other lands in the end

Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of

_the_Spanish_Succession for all pictures and info