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78 - LOUIS XIV - SUCCESSION Of SPAIN
LOUIS XIV - SUCCESSION Of SPAIN
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MONARCHY (of 1483 to 1789) » Decline of monarchy
French history in 100 tables
by Paul Lehugeur
ORIGINS (of 58 front. J.-C. with 887)
FEUDALITY (from 887 to 1483)
MONARCHY (of 1483 to 1789)
Wars of Italy
Wars against the house of Austria
Wars of religion
Apogee of monarchical France
Decline of monarchy
THE REVOLUTION
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Louis XIV accepts for his grandson the throne of Spain, and jealous Europe unites itself against France.
The war takes place on five principal theatres: Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and sea.
After three years of undecided fight (1701-1704), France, overpowered by the number, is overcome in Germany with Hochsted (1704), in the Netherlands with Ramillies, in Italy in Turin (1706); a French squadron is destroyed in Malaga; the grandson of Louis XIV, Philippe V, is driven out of Madrid by the archduke of Austria.
France is raised in 1707: Vendôme stops the invasion in North, Villars covers Alsace, the Imperial ones fail in Provence, Philippe V returns to Madrid, and the chief of Forbin squadron makes an immense evil with the English and Dutch trade.
Louis XIV submits to…
Departure of the grandson…
Fights in Crémone.
Resistance of Toulon.
raw translation, not yet corrected
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