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Article: Spanish Succession, War of the (1701–1714)
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SPANISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF THE (1701
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1714)
SPANISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF THE (1701
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1714).
The succession to the extensive Spanish empire had been a live issue since the 1660s, when rumors spread that Philip IV's (ruled 1605
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1665) only surviving son, crowned Charles II in 1665, was unlikely to survive childhood.
PARTITION TREATY OR INTEGRAL INHERITANCE?
The assumption that the new reign would be short motivated the first partition treaty between the head of the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs, Leopold I (ruled 1658
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1705), and Louis XIV (ruled 1643
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1715) of France in January 1668. This treaty remained a dead letter since Charles II, though not siring ...