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SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
SPAIN IN THE 17TH CENTURY
THE AUSTRIAN HABSBURGS
Felipe III (1598-1621)
Felipe IV (1621-1665)
Union of arms
After Peace of Westphalia, Spain focused on controlling his revolts
Spain signed the Peace of the Pyrenees
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
In 1668, Spain recognised Portugal's independence
Carlos II
Suffered an ilness
Left no heirs
War of Succesion
THE WAR OF SUCCESSION
Carlos II named Felipe, Duke of Anjou, as his successor to the Spanish throne.
Carlos, Archduke of Austria
Anti-bourboun alliance
Sides
Felipe
Castille and France
Carlos
Courts of Aragón, Valencia and Cataluña
Consequences
France imposed Felipe V as King of Spain.
Austria gained the Spanish Low Countries, Naples, Sardinia and Milan. Savoy acquired Sicily.
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
The kingdom of Spain became a centralised state, based on the French model.
Felipe V passed the Nueva Planta' decrees (1707-1716), which abolished the fueros and the institutions of the Crown of Aragón
Spain began to lose power
