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|name = War of the Spanish Succession | |||
|image = | |||
|date = 9 July 1701 | |||
|end = 19 August 1712 | |||
|place = Europe, North America, South America | |||
|result = *Spain cedes the Spanish Netherlands, the Kingdom of Naples, the Duchy of Milan and the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Austrian Habsburgs; cedes the Kingdom of Sicily to the Duchy of Savoy; and cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain. | |||
*France recognizes British sovereignty over Rupert's Land and Newfoundland and cedes Acadia and its half of Saint Kitts to Great Britain. | |||
*Spain's Centralized government on the Crown of Castile | |||
*The decline of Spanish global power | |||
|side1 = * [[Spanish Empire|Spain loyal to Charles]] | |||
**{{Wiki|Crown of Aragon}} | |||
*[[Holy Roman Empire]] | |||
*[[British Empire]] | |||
*[[Portugal|Portuguese Empire]] | |||
{{Wiki|Dutch Republic}} | |||
{{Wiki|Duchy of Savoy}} | |||
|side2 = * [[Spanish Empire|Spain loyal to Philip]] | |||
**{{Wiki|Crown of Crown of Castile}} | |||
*[[France|Kingdom of France]] | |||
*{{Wiki|Electorate of Bavaria|Bavaria}}}} | |||
The '''War of the Spanish Succession''' (1701 – 1714) was fought between [[Europe]]an powers, including a divided [[Spain]], over who had the right to succeed {{Wiki|Charles II of Spain|Charles II}} as King of Spain. During the conflict, nations on both sides openly exercised the use of privateers to raid merchant convoys. | The '''War of the Spanish Succession''' (1701 – 1714) was fought between [[Europe]]an powers, including a divided [[Spain]], over who had the right to succeed {{Wiki|Charles II of Spain|Charles II}} as King of Spain. During the conflict, nations on both sides openly exercised the use of privateers to raid merchant convoys. | ||
Revision as of 05:51, 27 December 2015
The War of the Spanish Succession (1701 – 1714) was fought between European powers, including a divided Spain, over who had the right to succeed Charles II as King of Spain. During the conflict, nations on both sides openly exercised the use of privateers to raid merchant convoys.
The war ended with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1714; which rendered thousands of privateers unemployed. Many of these, including Edwards Kenway and Thatch, Benjamin Hornigold, and Charles Vane, among others, resorted to piracy in order to survive. This started the third and final "Golden Age of Piracy".
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