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

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