THE 18th CENTURY IN SPAIN: THE BOURBONS
Dynastic change
Political developments
18th-century Spain
the Hapsburgs were replaced by the Bourbons
government in Spain became more centralised
War of the Spanish Succession
Carlos II
last Spanish king of the Hapsburg line
his death created serious problems about succesion
named Philip of Anjou as his successor
supported by the Crown of Castilla.
from the Bourbon dynasty
Archduke Charles of Austria
military supported by Austria and Great Britain
was a Hapsburg
supported by the Crown of Aragón
Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt (1713–1714)
Austria gained lands from Spain
Great Britain also gained lands
Spanish Netherlands
Milan
Gibraltar
Menorca
became Felipe V, King of Spain
the start of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain
Bourbon foreign policy in the 18th century
Philip of Anjou became Felipe V
Spanish monarchs tried to recover the lands they had lost
by participating in international conflicts
Family Compacts
ruled by Bourbons
Spain invariably allied with France against Great Britain