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Bourbon claim to the Spanish throne. Coat of arms of Philip V, Louis I and Ferdinand VI of Spain. After the death of the last Habsburg monarch of Spain in 1700, the childless Charles II, the Spanish throne was up for grabs between various dynasties of Europe despite Charles having left a will naming his heir. In this will, Charles left Philip ...
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.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Louis III (born Sept. 25, 1403, Anjou, Fr.—died Nov. 15, 1434, Cosenza, Italy) was the duke of Anjou and Touraine, count of Maine and Provence, and titular king of Naples and Sicily (1417–34). Advancing Angevin claims to the throne of Naples, Louis struggled with the Aragonese claimant Alfonso V , sometimes supported, sometimes opposed by ...
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Mar 22, 2024 · Louis (born Aug. 25, 1707, Madrid—died Aug. 31, 1724, Madrid) was the king of Spain in 1724, son of Philip V. Louis was born during the War of the Spanish Succession, which disputed his French father’s succession to the Spanish throne; thus, his birth was celebrated by the French and the Spanish. Louis XIV of France was his great-grandfather.
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Mar 22, 2024 · son Louis III. Louis II (born 846—died April 10, 879, Compiègne, Fr.) was the king of Francia Occidentalis (the West Frankish kingdom) from 877 until his death. Louis, the son of King Charles II the Bald, was made king of Aquitaine under his father’s tutelage in 867. Charles became emperor in 875 and two years later left Louis as regent ...
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Dec 9, 2022 · In addition to Spain's ceding Louisiana and several warships to France, they also divided up the northern Italian states. Footnote 44 Spain guaranteed that Ferdinando of Bourbon would cede to France the duchy of Parma. In exchange, his son – married to Carlos IV's daughter, Maria Luisa of Bourbon – received the duchy of Tuscany with the new ...
During the first third of the 10th century, a member of the Umayyad dynasty in Hispania, Abd al-Rahman III, restored and expanded the state of Al-Andalus and became the first Spanish caliph. The proclamation of the caliphate had a dual purpose. In the interior, the Umayyads were keen to reinforce the peninsular state.
