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War of the Spanish Succession

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Battle of Blenheim; War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Blenheim; War of the Spanish Succession
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Category: History & Society
Date:
1701 - 1714
Participants:
Bavaria
Cologne
France
Hanover
Holy Roman Empire
Mantua
Portugal
Prussia
Savoy
England
Context:
treaties of Utrecht
Major Events:
Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Oudenaarde
Battle of Ramillies
Key People:
Clement XI
Eugene of Savoy
Frederick I
Louis XIV
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
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War of the Spanish Succession, (1701–14), conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. The war was primarily a struggle to determine whether the vast possessions of the Spanish Empire should pass to the House of Bourbon or to the House of Habsburg, both of which had dynastic claims, or whether they should be partitioned to preserve the balance of power in Europe. The ultimate outcome was the erosion French and Spanish power in favour of an ascendant Britain and its ...(100 of 7079 words)

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