HIS103Y1 Lecture : Topic 3 - Spanish Succession & Peace of Utrecht (1698-1714) Topic 3 - Spanish Succession & Peace of Utrecht (1698-1714)
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War of spanish succession & peace of utrecht. Louis: claim for his grandson: main reason: maria theresa did not get the dowry payment from spain, so she did not necessary renounce her succession in spain; The two partition treaty (1698 & 1699) Failed because joseph died: second partition: louis"s immediate heir the dauphin louis: (italian lands); archduke charles (rest of the empire) (archduke charles is not the immediate heir to the austrian empire); - offers the entire spanish empire to philip of anjou; - if philip of anjou rejected, then the throne goes to louis xiv"s youngest grandson; both have to renounce their right of french succession; - if both rejected, then the throne goes to archduke charles; - louis xiv"s mistakes led to war: retain philip v"s right to the french throne, philip v seemed a french puppet (french troops and advisors), recognition of james ii"s son, the old pretender ;
