The War of the Spanish Succession (Wars of Louis XIV: Part II)

Continued from Part I: • The Wars of Louis XIV ...
The War of the Spanish Succession was the last, longest, and largest of the wars of Louis XIV. When Charles II, the Habsburg ruler of Spain, died without an heir (thanks to generations of inbreeding), he left the throne to Louis XIV's grandson. The nations of the Grand Alliance found this arrangement unacceptable, as it would tilt the European balance of power to far toward Louis and make it possible for the French and Spanish monarchies to combine into a single united monarchy.
It is a testimony to Louis XIV's awesomeness that he was able to fight the Grand Alliance to a draw and negotiate favorable peace terms in the Treaty of Utrecht. According to the terms of the treaty, a Bourbon monarch could rule Spain as long as the monarchies of France and Spain were never combined. Louis was restricted to his pre-war boundaries and the British gained Gibraltar from Spain. Britain was now set up to cement its place as the world's pre-eminent naval power. While there is no king in France, the Bourbon dynasty still reigns in Spain today.
This lecture will be helpful to students in AP European History, Western Civilization, and similar courses.
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[@fr4n_c13]

The Habsburgs don’t have a family tree they have a family wreath

[@DrSmollest]

Their family tree is just a straight line.

[@anirudhpai5617]

@@DrSmollest it's a circle

[@DrSmollest]

@@anirudhpai5617 You're missing the joke but ok

[@anirudhpai5617]

@@DrSmollest no lol i said it's a circle bc their inbred af

[@DrSmollest]

@@anirudhpai5617 Yeah and I said it's a straight line because they're inbred af

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[@stephenheath8465]

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[@Chestrkwll1]

Drunk History with Mr. Richey!

[@MrRobfullarton]

More like the Stoned age!

[@Dhruv_7303]

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[@leperpens]

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[@mirandacrowe9521]

Technically there was "Inbred Level 6" as Charles II's sister Margaret Teresa (The little girl in Las Meninas) married her uncle Leopold but only one kid lived to adulthood and both of them died in their twenties.

[@kaybarwest281]

Great video, really helped me understand the war because hearing someone talk about it and explain it in laymen terms is much more helpful than a book or article

[@caianmikry1234]

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[@kurackurackurac]

Fantastic videos. Thank you!

[@tomrichey]

So glad to have an Orangist in our midst!

[@johnlewis9158]

Sorry my friend you have most of this wrong. when Marlborough took control of the grand alliance he was reckoned to have very little chance of beating Louis army. Don't forget Marlborough was marching his men right across Europe trying to give battle and when a chance such as Blenheim occurred he had to attack a fortified position something almost unheard of in that period of history. Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough never lost a battle using these tactics. The French Army was in ruins and then a miracle happened Marlborough fell out of favour with Queen due his wife's silliness. At this time the grand alliance could have virtually marched into Paris unopposed but Lord Harley had other idea's he got in touch with the French and made a deal. What he proposed was that if France gave dominions and trade routes he Lord Harley would not allow the British and those who were paid by the British to bear arms against the French. The man who took over the leadership of the grand alliance was the Duke of Ormonde and he was given what came to be known as the infamous restraining orders. You are an intelligent man but i am a little puzzled has to how you think the French army saved the day when every time they face the grand alliance they were annihilated

[@Antirejnorevac]

Disagree. They most certainly couldn't had "marched into Paris". The battle of Malplaquet was a major strategic failure for the Grand Alliance. After that battle the Anglo-Dutch-German-Austrian forces began to lose steam and there were still many lines of defenses before Paris. Also, the Alliance was effectively beaten in Spain after the battle of Villaviciosa. In any case, the outcome of the war was still completely uncertain by the time peace negotiations began. The fact that the last battle of the war at Denain was a victory for the French proves that Louis's army was still far from defeated.

[@johnlewis9158]

Antirejnorevac. The battle Malplaquet was a savage affair and the defeat of the French army there signified the end for them. Then a chain of events took place that saved the French from almost certain defeat. Firstly Marlborough was relieved of his command and secondly the traitor lord Harley made a deal with the French Whereby no British soldier or those soldiers in the pay of the British army would bear arms against the French. This when the grand alliance where on the verge of marching into Paris. I cant remember Louis the fourteenth's exact words but it was along the lines of this a miracle who would have though that we being on the verge of certain defeat should live to fight another day

[@Antirejnorevac]

At Malplaquet, the Grand Alliance gained some ground but suffered so many casualties that the battle was, de facto, a victory for the French. Also, this battle happened in September 1709, and Marlborough wasn't relieved until December 1711. So Marlborough, alongside Prince of Savoy, the Dutch etc., had more than two years to finish off the French, but that didn't happen. I'm not saying the Grand Alliance wouldn't have beaten the French, I'm just saying it was far from a done deal.

[@jandenuijl4287]

Thanks for trying to pronounce the Dutch G/CH sound correctly, you did a great job!

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[@PaulRietvoorn]

I cracked up at the imbred level 5 part. You're funny as hell. Keep it up.

[@Maxx-00]

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[@cris555000]

love your videos man, I would say to feel free to make longer lectures and presentations haha

[@tomrichey]

+cris555000 Thanks!

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Thanks! you made this clear and fun. Greetings!

[@Yup71719]

Awesome! Enjoy your videos :) Would love to see you do something on Alfred the great and the Vikings

[@mtsenskmtsensk5113]

This video had some awe definitely, but more full of awe than just some awe. Annoying whiney,nasally voiced presenter and completely over the top special effects, distracting from the presentation. If this is aimed at 10-14 year olds perhaps understandable, but otherwise I'd look elsewhere.

[@sajjadhussain5963]

Amazingly explained

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[@laurawalker4500]

Straight forward explanations, but still funny! Great videos for middle school and high school.

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[@NAHAJI133]

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very nice video ,if possible then make a video on suez canal and sykes picot, balfour declaration.

[@zoomlibertyfighter8220]

I just realized that he was playing bedroom music while looking around the family tree LMAO Anyway, Tom Richey, you da the man who needs every student's subscription!!!

[@emilrydell7631]

Left a like for the "PIMPIN - it still aint easy"

[@drakedescher8329]

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[@wingedhussar1453]

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[@Yougottacryforthis]

Missed oppourtinity to talk about Savoy getting Sicily and rest of Spanish land in italy transfered to Austria, would later result in the trade of saridina and sicily and the Sardinia-Piedmont which would unify Italy so that's pretty important.

[@billythedog-309]

What is rarely brought out in sufficient detail in studies of European history is just how powerful and populous France was until the late nineteenth century. In 1700 the estimated population of France was 21,000,000 - compare this to the population of England at 5,000,000. That is why it usually took an alliance of several countries to take on France, which had the advantage of a unified and centralised power base over a grouping of dispersed and diverse allies, each with its own war aims.

[@jamarrii648]

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[@user-ic6gb4bl8h]

It's a great video. Even I am Chinese, and I got most of your explanation!

[@joelrepp5413]

Interesting, but not quite for my junior high kids. Nice job as usual.

[@TheAndrewSchneider]

Listening to Churchill’s Marlborough right now!

[@thattimestampguy]

1701-1714 Not much land changed hands 2:46 Charles II, Habsburg King of Spain, did not have children. 3:15 Charles II of Spain left his monarch crown 👑 to Louis XIV’s grandson. 3:45 The Balance of Power The Grand Alliance is displeased. They attack France, “the king was surrounded by enemies on all sides.” 4:45 Saving France, Treaty of Utrecht 1714.

[@danaiken2673]

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[@whateverforevermusic]

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[@tomrichey]

+TemperedChrome Never played any of them.

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+Tom Richey bro you would love eu4 and or vic2

[@cris555000]

what's ck2?

[@vogliounacocacola]

@@cris555000 CK2 =Crusader Kings 2. EU4 = Europa Universalis 4. Vic2 = Victoria 2. Personally I prefer Europa Universalis by a great margin and it's great to learn some history (while not forgetting that it's a video game) and geography.

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silmarillion in the background... good book

[@ab8588]

This guy rocks

[@superpianobaby945]

They wanted to cast Tom Richey for The Martian but his name was too similar to Mark Watney even though he had the desired loook

[@JudgeCraven]

need to do War of Austria succession

[@ainhoauria9437]

what are call the two agreements?

[@olynmus100]

is your intro made with movie maker?

[@tomrichey]

+Tom Araya LOL

[@Aranubis]

Nice Lecture, but you should mention also that the "Spanish Empire" in Europe was split. The Netherlands and italian territories stayed with the (austrian) Habsburgs and become issues in the upcoming wars. Also important but maybe too much information for such a short video: the situation of the wittelsbacher and the centralization of Spain under Philipp V which has also its significance for the catalan independence movement today. Shoutout for Prince Eugen and Marlborough ;) Also very interessting that these coalition wars never led to a full victory (exceptions Napoleon, WW1 and WW2)

[@Aranubis]

not saying anything different.

[@MrBrownnn696]

So crazy

[@oxanatorzhkova1896]

never enough

[@sarthakmishra1415]

AEGOD's 'War of Succession' game brought me here.

[@antoniocarrascosa6060]

No pones ni un mapa o gráfico?

[@christopherfleming7848]

Good video. You should have mentioned why there was so much inbreeding: having inherited their vast European holdings through strategic marriages the Habsburgs were determined not to allow anyone else to do the same with their demesne. So they frequently married within their family to prevent land from passing out of the family.

[@cris555000]

Oh I never thought of it that way

[@cris555000]

How was this looked upon the people? Europe was very religious and to be governed by such acts at the time would really make them feel awkward

[@kitbrown3826]

Inbreeding at the time wasn't regarded in the same way we consider it today. For powerful families like the Habsburgs they probably believed marrying within the family kept their blood line 'pure' and stopped foreigners from infiltrating their family. Nobody knew anything about the dangers of inbreeding until very recently, so religion had really nothing to do with it.

[@MrRobfullarton]

You have'nt done a video on the Hanoverian dynasty, George I, ii, Frederick Prince of wales, George III, George IV, William IV....be good to cover it and their German roots

[@gawrilmarinov8838]

Habsburg, not Hapsburg at 1:20

[@quackquaak4778]

Daaaaang France has been through a lot. 8 coalitions including the Grand Alliance where everyone hated them

[@Heisenberg882]

They've been through a ton of coalitions in the anglo french wars, the mad war, the italian wars, Franco Dutch war, 9 years war, Spanish succession and the revolutionary and napoleonic wars.

[@Ho-mb2wb]

@@Heisenberg882 franco prussian war?

[@SK-le1gm]

thanks ! quick question, how did Naples not stay with Spain? Like it just kind of detached in there, what happened? Like if you were the new King of Spain wouldn't you go, wait, where did Naples go?

[@aapooloomeeh]

Nice video, but maybe you sholud've talked more about the Spanish ressistance to Philip V's monarchy. I mean, the real king afterwards was Philip V d'Anjou, not Louis XIV, and his reign was really troublesome, at least to numerous parts of Spain. Whereas half of the population wanted Philip to be the new king, Catalonia and other aragonese regions wanted Charles of Habsburg to be the new monarch. The war of Spanish succession was about this two factions. Catalans resisted Philip's armies, and even Barcelona was sieged for 13 months until the 11th September 1714 (Catalan's national day in fact). Then, Philip signed in 1716 the "Decret de Nova Planta", in which prohibited Catalan institutions, language and laws, and unifying Spain as one single country and culture instead of being two separated crowns (Castille and Aragon).

[@elendiarelandarelendur8499]

Yes, that's true and awful at the same time. I am Catalan, but not Spanish. And the war of succession for us was one of the worst historical events.

[@lindsayclarespaight9669]

"The Reign in Spain"

[@EmperorDionx]

Nothing about how this conflict was the first one to involve multiple threatres of fighting outside of europe or anything.

[@rafaelmelo2576]

1:10 What about Italy?

[@mengchaoli509]

How awesome British is! forward-thinking!

[@nadalbauza8271]

What about Minorca, Flandes, the treaty of the pyrenees...pretty poor i would say

[@connort5215]

dammit richey, reddit got to ya

[@aasemahsan]

4:45 Treaty of Utrecht (1714)

[@thesilentstorms-]

Would you say there was ever a realistic possibility of France and Spain unifying like England and Scotland? Since Louis XIV was lucky to get a draw I'd think not but it's crazy wondering how differently this would've impacted history.

[@Thebarnardfactor]

I wouldn't say so to big of linguocultural barrier to become joined with France,

[@AThousandYoung]

Not all that big - both are Latin/Romance Catholic people

[@wilsonelder5277]

You also have to remember that these two countries had been VERY big rivals in the preceding two centuries and had a long history of fighting against each other (Italian Wars, War of the Jülich Succession, Thirty Years' War, War of the Mantuan Succession, Franco-Spanish War, the Fronde, the War of Devolution, Franco-Dutch War, War of the Reunions, and the Nine Years' War), thus they wouldn't be able to overcome their long-standing animosities at a snap of the fingers.

[@smal750]

​@@AThousandYoung not at all spain and france are very different culturally and ethnically no way they would unite

[@AThousandYoung]

@@smal750 They are more similar than England, Scotland and Wales. The Bourbons ruled both countries after the War of Spanish Succession and the only reason they were not united at that time is because Great Britain wouldn't let them unite.

[@raidensergi2378]

As an spaniard you can show us the difference between austrians and bourbons.

[@h.1489]

2:15 Can I get a yee yee?

[@bearmare9710]

Well...one shouldn't forget the contributions of Louis' very gay and crossdressing brother, the Duke of d'Orleans. He commanded French armies all over the conflict and scored...stalemate after stalemate. Wars are expensive, so the battles really are winner take all gambits. But if they end in stalemate, it's the defender - France - that wins. The German principalities and the Empire couldn't afford to keep gambling and getting nothing.

[@bobbyokeefe4285]

Charles II deformation has nothing to do with in breeding,most if not all the other dynasties of Europe and History did the same thing,heck in ancient Egypt they'd marry their own sister sometimes even daughters or grand daughters in some cases and this system lasted for centuries without any major problems,the deformation has more to do with the living conditions of 18th century Europe,that had effects on all babies in breed or not.

[@andrewesdaile9484]

Trafalgar was fought in the Atlantic, not near Gibraltar.

[@samswing7889]

Why is it called Queen Anne's War?

[@robertwingfield8780]

Sam Swing that's the american front of the war, it is named for the queen of England at the time.

[@jojo-eb1ib]

if Spain has a bourbon Monarch why didn't they help France during World War 1 & 2 against Germany

[@patrickmascair5666]

Because the USA wrecked them in 1898, so they had nothing to fight with in ww1. Spain did make a LOT of weapons for France during ww1. For ww2, Spain just finished a vicious Civil War, and no way could or would fight the axis powers.

[@ronvarghese7149]

Mentions inbred level 5 - ----*Targaryens have joined the chat*

[@hhhhhhhng4380]

*Joffrey "Baratheon" has entered the chat*

[@ThomasHarding1990]

Ugh. It's prounounced "bore bon". NOT "bur bon".

[@Heisenberg882]

I know this comment is three years old but it's more like boor bon, as ou in french is pronounced "oo"

[@rafaelcanosantos3554]

You did not mentioned that in the Utrecht's Treaty, Spain has lost its european empire, that belongs to Austria

[@enriquepascual8767]

Well, the spanish won the war helped by the french, and still had to give all territories to the other european countries, but some years later the spanish went back to Italy and recovered the Kingdom of Napoles and Sicily defeating the austrians in battles like Bitonto, so the austrians had to flee from most of Italy.

[@MrBrownnn696]

What I don't understand why is it that Scotland n England to unite an not France n Spain ?

[@teo5146]

This puts a spin on the phrase there are no dumb questions...

[@Heisenberg882]

France and the time was the most powerful nation in Europe and although Spain wasn't as powerful as it used to be it still had a massive empire, if they united they would be unstoppable.

[@glennfrazier4873]

You have misrepresented how the war of the Spanish succession went and ended and I’m going to give you the three examples of how you misrepresented it. 1. Marlborough won for over a decade and brought Louis 14 to his knees 2.had the allies stuck together they would have gotten whatever they wished 3. The British abandoned their allies thereby undoing Marlborough’s brilliance and the allies upper handed ( probably jacobites and the chambermaids tool Queen Anne undermining the process ). I’m

[@Heisenberg882]

Marlborough didn't continuously win for a decade, he won three great battle victories, and Malplaquet where it was a victory but he suffered twice the losses of the French, and France had more success on other fronts like in Spain. Also the French army was still able to fight by the end of his campaigns so he didn't bring France to its knees, for example right before they were finally going to break through French territories in France, Villars outmanoeuvred and decisively beat the allies at Denain and undid 3 years of progress by Marlborough in a few months.

[@rolandzarka5191]

Typical English point of view. You see French concessions but not those of the Grande Alliance. The Habsburgs also failed to install their candidate on the throne.

[@emlylunar]

didnt France surrender some territory to England?

[@Tanyre9878]

Matt Damon is that you?

[@rolandzarka5191]

The British successes were mainly at the expense of Spain and Dutch.

[@francisgriffith462]

You look like Matt Damon, Tom Cruise and Mark Wahlberg combined

[@cardenioscouse6238]

The British also got (shamefully) assiento rights out the Treaty of Utrecht which gave them control over the slave trade in the colonies. 😢

[@hartkeline]

Who’s the one that says, I speak German to my horse, French to the people, and Spanish to God?

[@tomrichey]

Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor)

[@smal750]

False

[@monoman4083]

Go Team GB

[@zaphodtrillian5237]

You map was incorrect at the start. Since you are being so legalistic.Navarre which is neither Spanish nor French was not legally integrated into either the thrones of Spain or France as the country lay on both sides of the Pyrenees prior to the war. King Henry 3 of Navarre became king henry 4 of all of France and it was not his will to make a puppet of his throne in Navarre,The treaty of Utrecht is thus nulis and had no legal basis to proceed and the treaty of the Pyrenees is thus also nulis.Fun fact - the founder of the French and Spanish thrones was the king of Navarre.Utrech destroyed Navarre as well as the treaty of the Pyrenees. It sowed the seeds of Basque terrorism

[@tomrichey]

That’s really interesting.

[@enriquepascual8767]

A complete nonsense what you said.

[@jonc2914]

16th century was the era of portugal 17th century spain 18th century france 19th century, enters Britain

[@alexandrebenoin40]

16th largely Spain (Habsburg, South America) 17th absolutely France, economic boom, triangular trade : La France du grand siècle 18th was still French but arrival of Prussia 19th Russia Prussia/Germany, UK

[@thepretorian5292]

@@alexandrebenoin40 17th century dutch too Remember dutch navy defeated the combined navy of British and french The dutch occupied UK too

[@alexandrebenoin40]

@@thepretorian5292 yes Dutch too until 1672

[@mango2005]

Spain lost Gibraltar (in the Iberian peninsula) and the island of Minorca. Gibraltar is still controlled by Britain today.

[@luisacassianoneves7548]

1713

[@TheXavi25]

Your video was acceptable, but regrettably you only focused on Louis XIV and the influence of Britain, completely forgetting the role of the allies and the internal situation in Spain itself (civil war between its kingdoms) and not to mention the changes it brought Spain and its immense empire this war.

[@mattbarrett3618]

Goddammit reddit 😂

[@matthewcastleton2263]

Well, actually, the Bourbons SHOULD have inherited Spain and the Austrian Hapsburgs didn't really have that strong of a claim to the throne. Or at least, their claim was not as senior. Upon the death of Charles II of Spain, the strongest genealogical claimant to the throne was Louis, the Grand Dauphin. The eldest son of King Louis XVI of France. This is because the Grand Dauphin's mother (and Louis XIV's wife) Maria Theresa of Spain was the eldest daughter of King Philip IV of Spain: the father of Charles II. Making her Charles II's elder sister. However, she was only Charles's HALF-sister because she and Charles had different mothers. Also, Louis XIV HIMSELF was a blood claimant to the throne of Spain because he was the eldest son of Anne of Austria, who herself was a daughter of King Philip III of Spain. That being said, Louis, the Grand Dauphin's claim was stronger than his father's because he was a closer relative to Charles II than his father was (the Grand Dauphin was Charles II's half-nephew). Also, the reason the Austrian Hapsburgs claimed the throne is because of 1) all the previously mentioned inbreeding of the Austrian and Spanish Houses of Hapsburg and B) because Archduke Charles's mother (Margarita Theresa of Spain) was ALSO a daughter of Philip IV. But she was his SECOND daughter (Maria Theresa was born first), making the French Bourbon's claim to the throne the more senior one. However, Margarita Theresa and Charles II were actually more closely related than Charles and his elder sister Maria Theresa because Margarita and Philip had the SAME MOTHER as well, making them full siblings and not just half-siblings. Ergo, giving the Austrian Hapsburgs a claim via proximity of blood and the French Bourbons the claim via agnatic primogeniture. As the video claims, Charles II followed the French Bourbon claim via agnatic primogeniture, but he didn't leave the throne to Louis, the Grand Dauphin or his son Louis, the Petite Dauphin because that truly would have upset the balance of power, as both the Grand and Petite Dauphins were ALSO directly in line to inherit the French throne upon the aging-Louis XIV's death (thus uniting the thrones of both France and Spain under a personal union, similar to the personal union that was created when King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England upon Queen Elizabeth I's death in 1603). His will then left the throne to Philip of Anjou, who was the Grand Dauphin's SECOND son, and therefore not likely to ever inherit the throne of France. He would have been 4th in line at the time because the Grand Dauphin was the Heir Apparent, the Petite Dauphin (Philip of Anjou's elder brother) was 2nd in line, and his son Louis (who would go on to become King Louis XV of France because both Dauphins died before Louis XIV did) was 3rd in line. This is why the Treaty of Utrecht made Philip, who was now King Philip V of Spain, renounce all of his claims to the French Throne for himself and his successors. Because it prevented the French and Spanish thrones from ever uniting under a personal union. This is also why the current Legitimist claimant to the now-defunct French throne Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou does not have a very good claim to be King: because he is a direct descendant of Philip V and the Spanish House of Bourbon, which is barred from ever inheriting the French throne via the previously mentioned Treaty of Utrecht. If the French ever wanted to revive their defunct monarchy, they'd probably have to choose the most senior descendant of the last King of the French Louis Philippe, who was descended from Louis XIV's younger brother Philippe, Duke of Orleans (the Orleanist claimant).

[@henrycampbell4666]

Matthew Castleton Go off

[@koraymentesoglu1588]

I thought it was 1713 😆

[@bernardfoo-fat2523]

i believe the treaty of Utrecht was signed in 1713

[@farrellordyahiko]

You look like the son of Tom Cruise and Matt Damon

[@lilliansunshine7499]

lol Charles II same problem different causes

[@tomrichey]

+Lillian Sunshine TRUE!

[@ruiworthington1034]

Before the war of Spanish succession Spain was a mere geographical concept. The biggest myth in the history of Spain is to support the idea that Spain as a kingdom exists since the marriage of the catholic monarchs. The political unification only occurred after the War of Spanish succession. Prior to that only the crown of Castile and the crown of Aragon existed, which were ruled by the same monarchs in personal union. Portugal is the clear example that the nations of the peninsula did not want to join forces under a single country. Spain is the result of the military expansion of Castile. In Spain people can deny that as much as they want and suppress the wishes of people for secession but outside their borders they can't deny it. There's a country right there next to it that is not only sovereign but is also much older than Spain. The Spanish empire around the world was over a long time ago. If Spaniards aren't careful the one in the Iberian peninsula only soon follow the same path.

[@enriquepascual8767]

Nonsense, Spain existed since at least 2.000 years ago, after 200 years of a fierce war romans conquered Iberia (Spain), romans identified all iberians as one people the hispanos (spanish), when the visighotic Kingdoms, Spain was a Kingdom, one, united until 711, with law codes and everything, because of the muslim invasion, Spain divided into several Kingdoms (León, Castile, Aragón, Navarre) but in the minds of all those kings and scholars was the idea of that belonging to one or other Kingdom they were all spanish, and when the princes travelled abroad, they presented for example as Prince of Aragón from Spain, finally between 1492-1512 the nation got the long desired and intimite objective and unified again with the catholic kings, Isabel y Fernando. What the spanish did was to respect many of the old laws of the previous Kingdoms and system of governments, but the nation was always there, since thoudands years before, and people from Castilla, León, Aragón and Navarre fought toguether as one in Europe, Asia or América, Felipe V after Utrech what did was to centralize the country, unifying laws...., but the nation, Spain was always there, same blood for the whole country DNA R1b S116 and DF27, basques for instance are spanish race, the use to call themselves the old castilians or first spanish, basque nationalism is something new born around 1900 because of a crazy guy called Sabino Arana and supported and promoted by jew-english bankers, basically basque nationalism is a lie supported by money and corruption, a method to divide the spanish nation in the interest of some oligarchies.

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

So I suppose the Ptolemys were inbred level six, then

[@garou701]

Hahaha UK Is much More smaller in real life It Is the half of France ir spain, why UK people usually decieve themselves

[@smal750]

So true😂 its such a tiny country

[@borhammer993]

French won the war by diplomance, the allies military.

[@smal750]

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