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SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY
During the 17th century, the Austrian Habsburgs ruled
Economic situation worsened
validos
Become rich
Give positions of power
Priviledges to their supporters and family
THE AUSTRIAN HABSBURGS
Felipe III (1598-1621)
armed conflicts were ended
Duke of Lerma
In 1609, the expulsion of the Moriscos
Felipe IV (1621-1665)
Count-Duke of Olivare
Thirty Years' War
Union of Arms
went bankrupt
domestic rebellions
Portuguese king
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of the Pyrenees, in1659
France renounced Catalonia but gained the Catalonian territories of Roussillon and Cerdanya, as well as territories in Flanders
A marriage was arranged between Louis XIV, King of France, and Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and the daughter of Felipe IV, King of Spain
Carlos II (1665-1700)
He suffered from illnesses
France continued its hostilities against a weak Spain
THE WAR OF SUCCESSION
Carlos II named Felipe, Duke of Anjou, as his successor
In all the other countries this decision caused great fear
Carlos, Archduke of Austria
War of Succession (1701-1713)
Felipe was proclaimed King of Spain
In Madrid in 1700
Archduke Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain in Barcelona in 1705
After Felipe's victory at the Battle of Almansa in 1707
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Rastatt
France imposed Felipe V as King of Spain
Austria gained the Spanish Low Countries
Great Britain gained Gibraltar, Minorca and the French colonies in North America
Spain lost its European territories but maintained the ones it held in the Americas
centralised state
Nueva Planta' decrees (1707-1716)
