The war of the Spanish Succession

Habsburg King Carlos II died without children
1. Two rival candidates
  1. Bourbon candidate:Phillipe, Duke of Anjou
  2. Habsburg candidate: Archduke Charles
It began in 1701
It ended in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrech
Early Bourbon Rule
1. Felipe V
  1. Centralised administration in Spain following the French model
  2. He issued the Nueva Planta decrees because the oposition of the Crown of Aragon
  3. Imposed Castilian institutions throughout the country
  4. He didnt use the old councils so he created a new figure
  5. He tried to recover the lost territories in the Utrech Treaty
    1. Spain recovered Naples and Sicily
    2. Also recovered several Italian dukedoms
2. Fernando VI
  1. 1746-1759
    1. Continued with Felipe V reforms and strengthened the navy
  2. Was Felipe V successor
  3. 1749
    1. Catastro of Ensenada was a large census and geographical investigation

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