The '''WarPerang ofWarisan the Spanish SuccessionSepanyol''' (1701–1714) wasberlaku foughtdi amongantara severalbeberapa Europeankuasa powers[[Eropah]], principally theterutamanya [[Charles VI, HolyMaharaja RomanSuci EmperorRom|SpainSepanyol loyalyang tosetia kepada Archduke Charles]], the [[HolyEmpayar RomanSuci EmpireRom]], [[Kingdom ofKeberajaan Great Britain|Great Britain]], the [[DutchRepublik RepublicBelanda]], [[Kingdom ofKeberajaan Portugal|Portugal]] and thedan [[Duchy ofdari Savoy]] against themenentang [[Philip V ofdari SpainSepanyol|SpainSepanyol loyalyang tosetia kepada Philip V]], [[EarlyPerancis ModernModen FranceAwal|FrancePerancis]] and thedan ElectoratePemilih ofdari Bavaria overberkenaan akemungkinan possiblepenyatuan unificationKeberajaan ofSepanyol thedan KingdomsPerancis ofdi Spainbawah andsatu France under oneraja [[House ofKerabat Bourbon|Bourbon]] monarch. SuchPenyatuan asebegini unificationsecara woulddrastik haveakan drastically changed the Europeanmengubaha [[BalanceImbangan ofkuasa powerdalam inhubungan international relationsantarabangsa|balanceimbangan of powerkuasa]]. di TheEropah. warMeskipun waskebanyakan foughtperang mostlyberlaku indi Europe butEropah, includedtetapi [[QueenPerang Anne'sRatu WarAnne]] inberlaku di [[NorthAmerika AmericaUtara]] anddan itdisertai wasdengan markedkepimpinan byketenteraan theoleh militarypara leadership of notable generals[[jeneral]] includingterkenal theseperti [[Claude Louis Hector de Villars|Duc de Villars]], the [[JacobitismJacobitisme|Jacobite]] [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke ofdari Berwick-upon-Tweed Pertama|Duke ofdari Berwick]], the [[John Churchill, 1st Duke ofdari Marlborough Pertama|Duke ofdari Marlborough]] anddan [[PrincePutera Eugene ofdari Savoy]]. Ia Itmembawa resultedkepada in the recognition ofpengiktirafan [[Philip V ofdari SpainSepanyol|Philip]] assebagai King[[Raja ofSepanyol]] sambil menuntut Spainbeliau agar while requiring him to renouncemelepaskan anysebarang claimtuntutan toke theatas Frenchtakhta thronePerancis anddan tomenyerahkan cedekebanyakan muchpegangan ofKemahkotaan theSepanyol Spanishkepada Crown's possessions to the HolyEmpayar RomanSuci EmpireRom, theRepublik Dutch RepublicBelanda, Savoy anddan Great Britain, partitioning themembahagikan [[SpanishEmpayar EmpireSepanyol]] indi EuropeEropah.
In 1700, [[Charles II of Spain|Charles II]], the last Spanish monarch of the [[House of Habsburg]], died without issue, bequeathing his possessions to Philip, grandson of [[Maria Theresa of Spain|his half-sister]] and King [[Louis XIV of France]]. Philip thereby became [[Philip V of Spain]] and since he was also the younger son of the [[Dauphin of France]], Philip was in the [[line of succession]] of the French throne. The specter of the multi-continental empire of [[Spain]] passing under the control of Louis XIV provoked a massive coalition of powers to oppose Philip's succession.
