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Illustration of the Battle of Blenheim showing cavalry and infantry in combat, fallen soldiers, and smoke rising from cannon fire across a hilly battlefield. A genealogical chart showing the family tree of Philip II of Spain and Margaret of Inner Austria, mapping their descendants and connections relevant to the Spanish Succession, with names, dates, and marital links. Charles II Louis XIV John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough War of the Spanish Succession; John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough Bronze equestrian statue of Eugene of Savoy in Vienna, showing him in military attire riding a rearing horse against a clear sky. Black and white historical map of south-central Europe during the War of the Spanish Succession, showing the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire and other regional borders. Key locations such as Switzerland, Savoy, Venice, and various cities and passes are labeled throughout the region. Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme Louis-François, duc de Boufflers
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Invalidated site: Boot Camp and Military Fitness Institute - What was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701?14)? Oct 09, 2026
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - War of the Spanish Succession: The Bloody Struggle for the Throne of Spain. Jun 12, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Denain. Mar 14, 2026
Add new Web site: UCL Discovery - The War of the Spanish Succession, the Financial Revolution, and the Imperial Loans of 1706 and 1710 (PDF). Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Pressbooks.ccconline.org - PPSC HIS 1120: The World: 1500-Present - War of Spanish Succession. Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Boot Camp and Military Fitness Institute - What was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701?14)? Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Bureau of Economic Research - The Origins of National Debt: The Financing and Re-financing of the War of the Spanish Succession. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - From Contract to Treaty: the Legal Transformation of the Spanish Succession (1659-1713) (PDF). May 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Collection Trust - War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The War of the Spanish Succession, the financial revolution and the Imperial Loans of 1706 and 1710. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Question of Spanish Succession. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - The War of Spanish Succession - France. Nov 24, 2022
Add new Web site: National Army Museum - War of the Spanish Succession. Aug 30, 2022
Article thoroughly revised. Feb 26, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jan 18, 2019
Add new Web site: HyperHistory - War of the Spanish Succession. May 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Quatr.us - War of the Spanish Succession. May 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Heritage History - War of the Spanish Succession. Mar 21, 2014
Images of proclamation of Philip as king of Spain and of Battle of Blenheim added. Aug 19, 2010
Media added. Nov 05, 2009
Media added. Nov 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Country Studies - War of the Spanish Succession. Dec 22, 2008
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - War of the Spanish Succession. Dec 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714. Aug 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714. Aug 27, 2008
Added new Web site: HistoryWorld - The War of the Spanish Succession. Apr 09, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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