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  1. e. The Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España) entered a new era with the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg monarch, who died childless in 1700. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between proponents of a Bourbon prince, Philip of Anjou, and the Austrian Habsburg claimant, Archduke Charles.

  2. History of Spain. Spain in the 19th century was a country in turmoil. Occupied by Napoleon from 1808 to 1814, a massively destructive "liberation war" ensued. Following the Spanish Constitution of 1812, Spain was divided between the 1812 constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed ...

  3. The Franks attacked allied with the Burgundians to the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse. Alaric II was killed at the Battle of Vouillé, and Toulouse was sacked. The Visigoths had lost most of their Gallic holdings and are retreated to Hispania and Septimania, helped by Ostrogoths. Kingdom of Toulouse ended and The Arian Kingdom of Hispania began.

  4. Oct 20, 2023 · 2 The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence; 3 The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810–1814: Atlantic and Spanish American Dimensions; 4 The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820–1823; 5 Mexico: From Civil War to the War of Independence, 1808–1825; 6 Central America

  5. Ferdinand's rule included the loss of the Spanish colonies in the New World, except for Cuba and Puerto Rico, in the 1810s and 1820s. A series of civil wars then broke out in Spain, pitting Spanish liberals and then republicans against conservatives, culminating in the Carlist Wars between the moderate Queen Isabella and her uncle, the ...

  6. September 1810: It is almost five years after the Battle of Trafalgar, at which the English defeated the Spanish fleet, then allied to the French. Napoleon’s troops are now occupying France, the Peninsular Wars (known as the Guerra de Independencia) are raging, and the English and Portuguese are helping to drive the French out of Spain.

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  8. 6. Origin and spread of Castilian. Castilian Spanish emerged from Cantabria in several counties belonging to the kingdom of Leon. The first Castilian texts come from the 10th century and can be found in documents called the Silent Glosses (Glosas Silenses) and Glosses of Emilianus (Glosas Emilianenses).