Spanish Civil War Analysis

THE SUCCESSION WAR (1701- 1713)

1. INTRODUCTION

The War of Spanish Succession was a Spanish dynastic conflict that began after the death without descendants of King Carlos II of Spain. The throne of Spain corresponded to Philip V of Bourbon, grandson of the French king Luis XIV, but the fear of many European powers to a dynastic union between France and Spain generated that they supported the archduke Carlos of Austria in his pretensions to the Spanish throne. The dynastic conflict turned into a fierce international war that would forever decide the destinies of all Europe. This conflict marked the end point for Spain as a hegemonic power in Europe, becoming a second-tier power. The succession conflict also became a real Civil War between

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Political background

- The monarchy of Carlos II and his death

By the late 17th century Spain was no longer a hegemonic power in Europe, besides Spain, Charles II's other European realms comprised the Balearic Islands, the Spanish Netherlands, Milan, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Finale and the State of Preside on the Tuscan coast; overseas realms included the Philippines, the Spanish West Indies, Florida, and much of North and South America and several North African cities. The empire was in decline, but remained the largest of the European overseas empires, and was still active and influential on the European and global stage.

On the other hand, when the war of Ryswick ended, European statesmen turned their attention to solve the problem of the Spanish Succession before the death of Charles II.

- Luis XIV

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3. THE WAR

The fight was marked at first by the victories of the Bourbons, but, from 1708, the disasters of the war were so great that France was about to lose all the territories conquered in the previous century,