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HISTORY: Italy Austrian

La guerra di Succesione spagnola.

La fine del dominio spagnolo in Italia.

  Carlo VI d'Asburgo

Nel 1700 morì senza figli Carlo II, the last representative of the Habsburgs in Spain.

He then began a difficult struggle to win the English throne.

The two contenders were:

- Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France. This fact was related with the Habsburgs married a English princess.

- Charles of Habsburg, the son of the emperor and the emperor of the Habsburg of Austria.

The Sun King's grandson Philip of course supported, but this fact bothered several European countries who feared a possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France. So

Charles of Hapsburg could count on Britain, the United Provinces, Prussia and the Duchy of Savoy (the state 150 years later, which will promote the unification of Italy).

The war was inevitable.

Only in 1713 ( Peace of Utrecht) and 1714 ( peace Rastadt ) we came to an agreement: the English possessions were divided.

Spain and its colonies went to Philip, who became king by the name of Philip V. It was the passage of the Iberian crown by the Habsburg dynasty to that of Bourbon (which still reigns in the country).

The English Netherlands (modern Belgium), the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples and Sardinia were assigned to Charles of Habsburg, who had become emperor under the name Charles VI.

The Duchy of Savoy had obtained territorial gains ( Sicily and the Piedmont province of Monferrato).

L ' England had obtained from France but some North American territories and Spain the island of Minorca and Gibraltar important for the control of the Mediterranean Sea.

Successivamente Filippo V ottenne la Sicilia dal Ducato di Savoia. In cambio offrì a quest’ultimo la Sardegna. Da allora il Ducato prese il nome di Regno di Sardegna.

Pochi anni più tardi l’Austria di Carlo VI perse molta della sua influenza in Italia, riuscendo a conservare solo il Ducato di Milano   e quello di Parma e Piacenza (più tardi conquistato dagli spagnoli).

Il Regno di Napoli e Sicilia passò a un figlio di Filippo V, Carlo III di Borbone . Inizia così, nel 1738 la dinastia Bourbon southern Italy, destined to last until the unification of Italy.

The Austrians manage to retain some influence over Grand Duchy of Tuscany, where he is setting up the dynasty of Lorraine , related to the Habsburgs of Austria.