War of the Spanish Succession | Animated History

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@historysquad]

Senpai, I miss the stream

[@themoyesiah100]

good videos appreciate it

[@NihilsineDeo1866.]

next video war of the austrian Succession ?

[@jovideos7546]

Nice Vicky 2 music

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

The Armchair Historian Griffin it’s awesome man, you worked really hard for this, plus the title is soooo much better than whatever I could have done

[@manny_menin022]

2:47 that awkward silence and the response of "que?" 😂

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Que?

[@juhall]

That “Que?” Was Manuel from Fawlty Towers if I’m not much mistaken.....

[@antonioportugal5987]

¿Qué?

[@depression8841]

I loved that so friggin much

[@justafaniv1097]

This is why you don't marry your cousin... no matter how attractive her tracts of land are.

[@mkratos17]

Justafan IV actually wasn't it worse like niece's and uncles lmfao getting married

[@justafaniv1097]

True, it was mostly cousins, second cousins, but there was some uncle/niece in there too. They probably should have stopped when they realized that they realized their common ancestor was Joanna "the mad".

[@daxtertalon4]

War of sexsession

[@paulcharles2457]

@@daxtertalon4 classic 😂😂😂

[@htoodoh5770]

Justafan IV Maybe they could just marry their second cousin + and avoid marrying any close relative.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Spain: *Being Split up into two* European empires: *Its Free real estate*

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Fucking brits! They seized well the "OPATUNITY!"

[@Buildnstack]

Get away from my history vids

[@maslauer6411]

Some random spanish dude: QUE

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Say what you will but the EU has created the longest time of peace in Europe,

[@martiga39]

@@maslauer6411 Some Spanish Andalucian Soldier: Olé

[@underconstruction6436]

Habsburg jaws could rival those of the Crimson Chin

[@midshipman8654]

Under Construction The Crimson Chin is a direct descendant of the Habsburg lineage. That’s why he’s so powerful, he has the power of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

[@Isildun9]

By my Mother-cousins mandible, I say NAY!!!

[@Wi-Fi-El]

The mighty mandible

[@edwardalegado5636]

Why does it sound like two rival football teams

[@thelifeofcami1]

the spanish habsburgs tho

[@dwaipayanroychowdhury7035]

While being remembered for his disabilities(which he was not to blame for), most overlook his contributions especially as a patron of the academic world. It was due to his initiatives that formal higher education was introduced and started to spread in South America. He granted Cedulas and directly supported the foundation of several universities(many of them still in function). One example is the National University of San Marcos in Peru which also happens to be the oldest continuously functioning higher education institution in the Americas.

[@MerkhVision]

Uhh u somehow failed to mention who the heck you’re actually talking about lmao but thru context clues I gathered that you’re referring to Charles II “The Bewitched” of Spain.

[@arturolemar7634]

As spaniard, the only thing I can say is QUÉ?

[@turtlethewurtle4656]

que?

[@amadeoideespana2917]

Porque, pero porqué!!

[@San_Deep2501]

I can't like this, it's on 69

[@thunderbird1921]

Funny thing is, from what I've read Phillip actually became viewed as a hero to many of the Spanish because of the war and his determination to hold power.

[@pablomonsalve3911]

@@thunderbird1921 He was surprisingly popular, despite being French and openly acknowledging it. Things somehow changed and a century later the Spanish people had 0 tolerance for the French King Napoleon put in charge of Spain

[@adambartlett7955]

A funny line from the Charles II wiki page: " Charles suffered ill-health throughout his life and has been described as "short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live"

[@kyomademon453]

Most of that is propaganda, he was ill but not as his portrayed by spain's enemies, the man spent all his life trying to improve the empire

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

You think its only propaganda?

[@carlosg8103]

​@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014Yep, his economics , the ones he chose , created a controlled deflation, so when Philip was crowned the Spanish coffers were full.

[@DeathsOnTheYAxis]

You hinted at but did not explicitly mention the central, dominant fact of the war and resulting peace: as Louis XIV's grandson, Philip inheriting the throne of Spain would likely also leave him in line to inherit the throne of France, thereby potentially uniting the two crowns. The war was fought entirely over this question. At the end of the war, Philip was able to inherit the Spanish throne, but only on the condition of surrendering his inheritance rights to the French throne. It was not about weakening France itself, but about preventing the formation of a Franco-Spanish superstate. Control of Belgium (the Spanish Netherlands) was also a hugely important issue, as control over Belgian ports would greatly strengthen France's position in the English channel, and put French armies directly on the Dutch border. Fear of a reunified Spanish-Holy Roman Empire was not much of a concern, as the disjoint territories were ungovernable, and both powers were very much in decline by this point.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Hmm i love your point, a Superstate Hispano-French nation, the control of the bay of Biscay to the english channel would surely had make a bad moment for the british navy, which was their life (island without navy in those times is nothing)

[@xenotypos]

Finally someone get the whole point of the war. France was already dominant in Europe, but with Spain it would have probably become what you could call a superpower of the time. That's what the allies couldn't allow. The video fails to emphasize that.

[@DarthPlato]

The idea that France and Spain were seeking personal union is spun from a false narrative designed by English contemporaries to justify on the home front sending an expeditionary army to the continent. Historians miss this point often, perhaps because it makes for a good story. London's motivation for involvement was the partition of the Spanish Empire; London had already recognized Philippe Anjou as King of Spain on the condition that he foreswear any potential claim to France. This was done after 1701 and reaffirmed in 1711 after Louis Dauphin and two sons died. Also, France was a guarantor of the Peace of Westphalia; if France sought union with Spain, this would have shattered France's prestige and honor as a guarantor of the balance of power.

[@j.d.5626]

@@DarthPlato Stop already with your reasoning !! Britain did it to keep the balancee, don´t you see ?? Those Evil Spaniards and french !! Now lets get another piece of their empire yummy

[@aarongodinez9022]

Austria wouldn't be in a serious decline until the 19th century. Austria gained large territories in the War of the Spanish Succession and would gain more territories from the ottomans and Poland throughout the 18th century. Austria remained a major European power throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In fact, if anything, this period was the height of Austrian Power (Not counting Charles V).

[@elchapojunior3091]

QUÉ?

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

ElChapo Junior if you watched the stream you would have heard QUÉ sooo many times XD

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

Oh also... QUÉ?

[@justheeem]

QUOI?

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Hein?!

[@someboi4903]

*Wie bitte ?*

[@historysquad]

0:55 That Habsburg jaw though.

[@rizkyardan5760]

incest product

[@LinhNguyen.]

Chad

[@ByzantineCapitalManagement]

One of the Epic Underrated Conflicts.

[@hansgruber788]

the greatest of which is the 7 years war down as WW0

[@DarthPlato]

The Seven Years' War was really a continuation of the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748), with different dance partners.

[@hansgruber788]

@@DarthPlato true, but the 7 years war was much greater

[@mohammedmaster672]

I say napoleonic wars is very underrated

[@mohammedmaster672]

But compared to ww1 and ww2 the Napoleonic wars is vastly overshadowed

[@historysquad]

3:27 Savoy flipped sides you say? Typical Italians.

[@RyanPatrickOwens]

> Implying the Savoyard are Italians.

[@historysquad]

@@RyanPatrickOwens They get to create Sardinia - Piedmont, Sardinia - Piedmont created Italy. Heh.

[@tomasvlcek4476]

They were french then...

[@thelvadam2375]

@@tomasvlcek4476 not French since they didn't surrender in two weeks.

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Ryan Owens well one of the official languages that came from Savoy, was Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) and some speakers were from the Foggia region of Italy.

[@TDSPTStheory]

It wasnt the whole of spain who supported the Bourbons but just the crown of Castille. The crown of Aragon (minor nobles and burgeoisie) supported the Habsburg candidate as he swore to maintain their charters

[@carlossanchezorenes7159]

Que?

[@LeHappiste]

War was basically France + half of Spain vs the other half of Spain + all the great powers of Europe (Grand Alliance), but this video makes both sides seem evenly balanced....

[@j.d.5626]

The crown of Aragon switched sides during the war. It was not as clear a division as you stated.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@LeHappiste And the gold and silver of America, which dominated the part of Castile. At that time, and until 1815, the Spanish currency was the most important in the world. That flow of gold and silver helped win the war to the supporters of the Bourbon dynasty.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

You mean, Karl VI of the HRE promised that?

[@InspectHistory]

Yes another video from Armchair Historian!

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Yay!

[@sovietsocialist1652]

qué?

[@aybe4559]

@Wesley Bettencourt felt that

[@bocilepep3684]

Inspect history what are you doing? Di cariin emak

[@emirhajdarevic5116]

@@TheArmchairHistorian We need an episode on armchair history.lol

[@thibskywalker4450]

Still often notified as a French defeat, the battle of Malplaquet is nevertheless - according to modern criteria - a huge strategic victory for them: the allied losses are twice as important. The French army has retreated in order and is still in a state of combat. The French lost 33 flags and flags, but captured 34. Finally, the Coalition disunited after the battle. A rumor runs just after the battle of Malplaquet: Marlborough would have been killed there. On an ancestral melody, the French put words that will give the famous song "Malbrough s'en va en guerre". In fact, Marlborough was the only one of the 4 generals not to have been injured during the battle. He was very active but remained cautiously far from the front.

[@thomascatty379]

Thank you for those interesting facts

[@Swift-mr5zi]

Queen Ann never sent a letter of thanks to Marlborough for the battle

[@Henry-Paget]

The war continued for years after Malplaquet with Marlborough relentlessly pushing his way through Frances fortress belt and Villars completely prostrate before his advance and yet you claim Malplaquet broke the coalition apart, it did no such thing. Rather it was the combination of defeats in Spain and the death of the Holy Roman Emperor. At best, one could claim that Malplaquet bought the French some time and restored some of the French armies confidence but the battle and its immediate aftermath were tactical and operational defeats for the French. The entire point of Villars giving battle at Malplaquet was to to prevent the allied army from capturing the stronghold of Mons. Marlborough not only broke through Villars defensive position and drove him from the field, he followed it up by capturing Mons and thousands of prisoners.

[@smal750]

​@@Henry-Paget France vs everyone lol brit b*ch France wouldve sodomizee britain alone lmfao

[@MarquisVincentBissetdeGramont]

@@Henry-Paget You forgot to mention that Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy lost 20-25,000 men to the fierce resistance of the French at Malplaquet... It was the bloodiest battle of the eighteenth century in Europe.

[@AsprosOfAzeroth]

Spain: You got my back? Portugal: Yes, don't worry. * *Portugal switches sides* * * *Spain had never seen such bullshit before* *

[@lesdodoclips3915]

Portugal was allied to Britain

[@smal750]

​@@lesdodoclips3915 Allies to cowards*

[@daabensur]

That "Qué?" Is killing me 😂

[@Komnenit]

The video ignores that the war of Spanish succesion was also civil. The crown of Castile supported the bourbons while the crown of Aragon supported the hapsburgs.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

True, it could be considered as one of the “Spanish civil wars”

[@markhenley3097]

Basically a let's steal from Spain war.

[@Utkarsh_Yadav]

I love how he gave hints about Napoleon Bonaparte in the end when he said, "But they would return to the region as a transformed state not under a king, but an emperor."

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

Oh boy, the farmer saying "¿Que?" after the speech killed me.

[@FCUS100]

No mention of Malplaquet and Denain to explain how the war came to an end? Weird analysis..

[@tot0m]

Yup and the conclusion is quite wrong. France remain the strongest land power in europ until 1870. England were already better under seas.

[@DarthPlato]

Except in the Mediterranean. The British could not hold that area for long--at least until the Napoleonic era.

[@Itachi951000]

What did you expect? lol In the anglosphere, european history is studied through the point of view of the English/British. Those guys tend to suffer from amnesia when it comes to anglo-french wars and the anglo-french rivalry in general. They remember their successes, not the french ones lmao.

[@jamiengo2343]

Florian A. Malplaquet wasn’t a French victory...

[@Itachi951000]

@@jamiengo2343 Yeah but Denain certainly was and a decisive one at that. And while Malplaquet wasn't a french victory, it was one of the most important battles of the war and one the bloodiest in modern history. It was worth mentioning. As Villars said he would gladly grant our enemies victories such as Malplaquet whenever they wanted. The coalition had twice the casualties of the French despite outnumbering them and therefore couldn't invade France which was pretty much the point of the battle. The French despite the loss actually prevented that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malplaquet "The Allies lost 20,000 men, twice as many as the French, which was regarded by contemporaries as a shocking number of casualties. That caused Britain to question the sacrifices that might be required for Marlborough's campaign to continue. The Battle of Malplaquet is often regarded as a Pyrrhic victory because its main effect was to prevent the nominal winners from invading France."

[@skiteufr]

No mention of Denain and Barcelona who were great victories who allowed the French to negociate peace on better terms and force a bourbon on the Spanish throne, effectively turning Spain into a French ally when it was an enemy for centuries before that. But this is the "armchair historian" policy to never mention any French victory or anything that could be in the favour of the glory of France

[@thomascatty379]

Yeah exactly I love this channel but they only show french defeats and undermine french victories, pretty biased

[@beep1534]

tell me, a Spaniard, about it. Spanish history has been tainted for centuries by the black legend and almost every major victory we've had is overshadowed by English or French victories. Spain once ruled the world and its armies were feared by every commander but instead people remember the empire as the bad inquisitorial catholic brute it never was.

[@rafaelmelo2576]

Portugal was against the Bourbons in this War, and this is a very serious mistake, since Portugal captured Madrid at some point in this War.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Oh really? I didn't know that. Could you send me a link or some infos please?

[@rafaelmelo2576]

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lu%C3%ADs_de_Sousa,_2nd_Marquis_of_Minas Here is the guy who captured Madrid

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

@@rafaelmelo2576 Obrigado, Gracias

[@filip4767]

Britain: joins coalition to maintain balance of power *takes all the French American colonies, Gibraltar and Majorca,thus becoming OP and breaking the balance*

[@tonyhawk94]

They didn't take all the French american colonies at this war.

[@j.d.5626]

"to maintain balance of power" Only a british or someone that believe in Santa Clause would believe that bs

[@Gloriaimperial1]

But in 1779-83, Spain recovers Florida, the coast of mosquitoes and Menorca. And we also invaded Bahamas, and defeated the British in Louisiana. And a naval blockade, Spanish, to the United Kingdom: the independence of the United States

[@jmadmaxx7295]

J. D. Well, it’s true. France was literally going to have the wealth of not only the Spanish empire, but the French as well. Also, who cares? The Mediterranean was under European influence again.

[@Ushio01]

The balance of power in mainland Europe not the world. A unified France-Spain under a single ruler would have a significant manpower advantage in future conflicts.

[@enriquepascual8767]

Make one about the war of Quadruple Alliance, 1717－1720, France, England, Austria an the dutch against Spain. Spain was “defeated”, but suffered 4.350 casualties, the allies suffered 24.000, in the following years the spanish continue fighting in Italy defeating the austriands and recovered half of Italy that has been Spain the 300 years before.

[@lahire4943]

Spain suffered 6,000 casualties at the battle of Cape Passaro alone, so I doubt your numbers

[@juancarlosgarcia7260]

@@lahire4943 spain didn't sufer 6000 casualties in pessaro, spain won moraly the war

[@juancarlosgarcia7260]

​@@lahire4943 spain only suffered 4350 casualties, the aliads suffered more than 24000 casualties, spain gained the territories of guastalla piacenza and parma in the war ,spain didn't lose the war

[@lahire4943]

@@juancarlosgarcia7260 Spain suffered 6,000 casualties at Cape Passaro alone. Lost 1700 men at Milazzo, 1500 at San Sebastian, 2000 at Francavilla, 1000 at Vigo. So that's 12,200 casualties in just 5 engagements. Spain renonced claims to its former Italian possession.

[@juancarlosgarcia7260]

​@@lahire4943 spain didn't suffer 6000 casualties in cape pessaro, spain suffered only 4300 casualties in the war,spain didn't lose the war

[@GabriMN]

All of these videos always neglect to mention the division that happened in Spain, where Aragonese noblesmen qere supportive of the austrian claim, and the castillians were the ones supporting the French

[@giannb5145]

The winner of this whole mess was the House of Bourbon and in the long term, Spain itself. Preventing a union of the French and Spanish crowns didn't really mean much because French bureaucrats pretty much took over the entire Spanish state machinery, and this was a GOOD thing for Spain: French tax collectors doubled state income and built a strong centralized administration, which Spain hadn't seen since the Romans. The Bourbon family effectively took control of both countries and their empires, and Naples and Sicily were regained, although not the Netherlands. Today Spanish historians recognize the benefits of the Bourbon reforms, except Catalan separatists.

[@carlosg8103]

The bourbon reforms were good in some aspects, and not so good in others.

[@dennis771]

Spain became Junior partner

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@dennis771 The war of Spanish Succession ends in 1713. Although French ministers made important reforms, (because Spain was exhausted after 200 years of war), in 1718 Spain was fighting France (and England, Austria and the Netherlands), to regain Italy. We finally regained Italy, in 1734, defeating the Austrian Empire, with our Spanish general, the Count of Montemar. The paths of France and Spain are different. Spain fights with its own fleet to stop the British in the War of the Asiento of 1726. Spanish victory against the British in the War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-48, capturing 400 British ships. For 100 Spanish ships captured. Battle of Cartagena de Indias 1741, in Colombia. 50 British ships sunk. Blas de Lezo. Thanks to that victory there are 335 million people speaking Spanish in the Caribbean area and North America. We collaborated again with the French in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). France lost India and Quebec, and gave us Louisiana, 2200000 km2. Because we had a stronger empire than the French, and we are the only ones who can defend French Louisiana. There were French revolts in New Orleans, suppressed by Spain. We also defeated the British and Portuguese in Uruguay. Finally Spain exchanged Florida to recover the ports of Manila and Havana. From French Louisiana we launched the attack against the British in the war of independence of the 13 colonies, recovering Florida. We also defeated the British in the Bahamas, Central America, Uruguay and Menorca. Only Gibraltar resisted, due to the rock. Spanish blockade of the United Kingdom in 1779-82, capturing 2 British fleets of 24 and 55 ships (including 39 war frigates). Collapse of the London stock exchange. Spain gives the silver real or Spanish dollar to the 13 colonies, and independence. We are more important juniors than the big brother. In fact the Spanish empire was twice as big as the British in 1808 (before the Napoleonic invasion of Spain and continental Europe)

[@hauptmannjoachimtotenkopf6081]

King of Spain: **dies** **45 yrs pass** Spain's Neighbours: **plan invasion of Spain** Austrian Emperor: "Not so fast! My son Karl will be Ruler & King of Spain & u will call him Carlos!" *...* Spanish Farmer: ..... *"QUÉ?"* *...* **Spain goes to War** **War in Europe rages on for 10 yrs** **Madrid, Barcelona, & Valencia become occupied** Phillip of Anjou: **Remains King of Spain entire time** Phillip of Anjou: "I'm only King bc of how popular I am w/ the Spanish ppl!" *...* Spanish Farmer: ...... *"QUÉ?"*

[@zbstepps765]

War of Austrian Succsession next please and prehaps Seven Years War

[@leplaguedoctor4275]

Hey nice video! It was really cool being able to participate in the stream, and hey, just know that while not every video will be the most popular or the best video ever, know that there are a lot of people who enjoy your content and love your videos! Take care man and keep up the good work

[@Artur_M.]

1:00 That's not Frankenstein, that's the Frankenstein's monster. ;)

The truth is that the Austrian succession was not the only thing that prevented the war from ending in their total favor, the fact of the English fed up with an endless war (despite being the most benefited from it) weighed down the effort; added to the fact that the allies never managed to decisively defeat Felipe V in the Iberian Peninsula, winning this in battles such as those of Birihuega and Villaviciosa (1710), while the French managed to hold out until the British exit, which ended in their victory in Denain (1712), shows that the conflict was not an English military walk as seen in this summary. Another thing that I always see that Anglo-Saxon historiography omits is that this was not the end of Spanish rule in Europe as such, since in the following conflicts Felipe V recovered much of the prestige lost by the Habsburgs in the previous century (being important in Wars such as the Polish Succession), so after the death of the king, Spain had recovered much of the lost territory in southern Italy and then recovered Menorca in the War of Independence from the United States, so the only total losses were the territories of the Milanese, Belgium and Gibraltar.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Wtf is going on in Spain? Why is it the only country where they all believe world history is one big piece of Anglo-Saxon propaganda? Considering this guys other videos where he RELENTLESSLY shits on Britain when it’s not justified, if you think this is the work of Anglo-Saxons then once again welcome back to reality: it’s not

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

2:46 ¿Mandé?!

[@JoseCastro-sc4pm]

Que es lo que es?

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

@@JoseCastro-sc4pm Que?

[@jorge6207]

The Marquis de Minas and a largely Portuguese army conquered Madrid in 1706. Even so, no soldier icon. Tipical.

[@jorge6207]

@Asier Linazasoro Call it what you will. I call it "tomada" in my native tongue, and thus I use conquest. The fact remains that a Portuguese army entered Madrid and acclaimed Carlos III. There was no opposition in the city, but there was an atempt near Alcantara. The bourbonites should have defended the capital.

[@09junaid]

jorge6207 has come

[@jorge6207]

I shall call this the "Colonization Effect", as in the videogame by Sid Meyer back when, where there was no Portuguese faction, being substituted by the Dutch (although the cities were Brazilian ones). Not sure if for commercial purposes or plain stupidity/ignorance, but this keeps happening.

[@DarthPlato]

Yes--Madrid was captured, but it was not held for long.

[@usarkarzts4207]

Didnt a spanish army conquered lisbon some time before that?

[@detachsoup6061]

Wait they had the britsch and the dutch fleet combined?! THATS ILLEGAL!!!

[@fntatn]

The most forgotten war, it was so important too

[@blakefishburn]

Eh I would argue 7 years war is more important and forgotten, good point tho.

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Amazing video, thanks for this upload especially when I needed it the most sense I am trying to write a book where the events of the War of Spanish Succession are talked about among characters.

[@peterlynch1458]

I really like these videos, but you fall into a common trope in Anglo centric history. It goes something like, "The English won these huge victories, but then the war ended, because something something, reasons..." and the massive thrashings the French dealt the allies simply go unmentioned. It's similar to most Anglo centric retellings o the Hundred Years War.

[@yc2673]

Peter Lynch yes, exactly ! In deed, British won battles but lost decisive ones. The conflict wasn't resolved by the lack of pretenders from the Habsburgh crown but by the lack of money each one suffered and by the massive defeat on the battlefields against French. But he won't tell you that, bloody britt's ^^

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

I don't think he realizes it, he probably learned History with anglo books and documentaries so it's normal they favor their viewpoint and victories. Since most yt historians are from English speaking country they all share the same "flaw", just type "battle of azincourt" and then "battle of patay" in yt and compare how many results you get from boths.

[@peterlynch1458]

YC And Patay was only one of several French victories in the greater "Loire Campaign". And speaking of the Hundred Years war, you also have La Rochelle, Pontvaillain, Bauge, Gerberoy , Formigny, and Castillon, all of them campaigns and battles where the English suffered a heavy, one sided defeat. Several of those were even bigger victories than Patay. (La Rochelle was won by Castille, the rest were French victories).

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

We need a big English speaking French History video maker to talk about those. @@peterlynch1458

[@peterlynch1458]

@Solignox I bet Armchair Historian could get into using some different sources. I hope he's reading our comments. I can picture it now... "Bertrand du Guesclin understood the importance of secrecy, and so can you with NordVPN."

[@AVKnecht]

2:00 technically Prussia should have the Brandenburg flag here. The Kingdom in Prussia was founded in 1701.

[@DarthPlato]

But the Elector of Brandenburg was not. Prussia was elevated to a kingdom in exchange for the Elector's support of Vienna's claim to the Spanish throne.

[@Krotan_]

Music from victoria II

[@endo4137]

Just beautiful.

[@alexgon4454]

Your video makes Spain sound like an afterthought in your explanation of the Spanish war of Succession. You explain more about England and France than Spain. In particular when discussing the aftermath of the war.

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

King Frederick united his personal union while fighting over one

[@decades1912]

How South America was colonized. I'd love to hear how the Portuguese pushed so far inland & what groups everyone had to fight (other than the Incas)

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

That would make a very interesting topic

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

Brazilian here.We conquered the inland regions with brave men called Bandeirantes,who went inland to the regions of Minas Gerais and Goiás in search of gold.Also,the Portuguese never fought the Incas,since the spaniards and smallpox had already devastated them before Brazil was something more than a Feitoria for extraction of Brazilwood. BTW,Until recently,Brazil still had a sparse population inland,and one of the reasons Brasilia was built was to bring people there.The region,called Centro-Oeste,was also not great for agriculture either,unlike the Southern regions and São Paulo with it's terra roxa(from rossa,red in italian),great for coffee,and the terra de massapê in the northeast regions,great for sugar cane,both of the most important crops in Brazilian history.However,with modern agriculture,the land us now used to plant soy,and we are one if not the largest producers of soy in the world. BTW,the natives Portuguese fought were broken into countless tribes.Neither the Tupis nor the Guaranis,one of the largest peoples here,had a grat empire like the Incas or the Aztecs,and never were able to unifiy into confederations like the Iroquois.However,one thing peculiar to Brazil is how much is miscigenation here,since the portuguese didn't bother to bring women and hav their children with the natives and the african slaves,brought mainly from the Bantu people. Most of the fights we hav were against other european nations,mainly the Dutch,then the English(because of Iberian Union),then the French.

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

Incas are North America

[@ftferlo8868]

You forgot to mention the spanish hero Blas de Lezo

[@lesdodoclips3915]

Hate to break it to you, but he’s irrelevant here

[@javierperalta7648]

Why would Charles II choose Philip de Anjou as his successor though, considering that France and Spain had been rivals for centuries

[@HingerlAlois]

Basically there were three factions that hoped to inherit the Spanish Empire, the French, the Austrians and also Joseph Ferdinand the son of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel and his Austrian wife Maria Antonia whose mother was the daughter of the Spanish king Philip IV. Charles II. wanted that the Bavarian crown prince would inherit the Spanish Empire (which probably would’ve avoided the war of the Spanish succession), but the Bavarian prince died in 1699 at the age of six, thus only the French and Austrian factions remained. The French prince was only his second choice after the Bavarian prince had died.

[@rolz2082]

it's a new era: Despite the victory in Germany, installing a Bourbon on the Spanish throne, the French aristocracy is beginning to decline, more evident with the war of Austria succession, ruinous for its economy (hence the Revolution).

[@matthewofficialyoutube2301]

Moral lessons of the story all monarchs of the European states at the time were wanting to have bigger slice of the pie

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

Another episode in my favorite KZbin series

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks!

[@blecao]

I think that it should be noted that while the crown of Castille supported the french the crown of aragon rebelled and supported the austrians

[@alexispommier2012]

It is funny to see how your anglo saxon education gave you a biais against the french. Malpaquet, Denain, Barcelona ? Three big french victory but no let's talk only about blenheim You fail to realize that's this war is a clear French victory, having achieve the objective of putting Philip on the throne, when the Grand alliance failled to prevent that. Ensuring lasting peace between france and spain. French stay the principal power in Europe, until 1870 You can argue that Britain was global, but as Bismark said : "If the British Army landed in Europe, I'd get the Belgian police to arrest them." That's how scary they were on land ;)

[@Raadpensionaris]

You have not read the peace treaty I think?

[@Henry-Paget]

Since when is Malplaquet a french victory? Villars was driven from the field, lost Mons soon after and the allied advance resumed in 1710, at best the battle bought them some time and restored the confidence of the common soldiers after years of being totally routed. The small amount of territory France received in Europe came at cost of horrific defeats, massive casualties, empty treasury, ceding colonial possessions and the empowerment of the British and Austrians.

[@thecabooseattheendofthetra9260]

John Churchill was the greatest general of that period and ancestor of Winston Churchill. How about a video of the Battle of Brest, which shows how John Churchill, then the second in command of British forces, wrote a letter to the French King, informing him that the British were about to attack. When they came, the French were waiting, and the Brits were destroyed, the commander was killed, and Churchill became the new commander. That was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and ancestor to Winston.

[@MerkhVision]

So what you’re saying is John Churchill betrayed his own nation in order to gain a promotion? That’s awful, why are u celebrating this selfish traitor?

[@thecabooseattheendofthetra9260]

@@MerkhVision You got it.

[@patrickbourne3819]

I appreciate that you made it as simple as possible, but you also mentioned 20 names that I had never heard of before XD

[@shaunmattice6413]

If you really think about it, the Austrian Empire got stronger while at the same time this could really be a trigger for it's deaths. With the events of 1867, the movement for Hungarian nationalism in the empire was really part of the growing nationalism for other groups in Austria. Also it makes you wonder how much of slightly weaker Austrian Empire could of effected the Napoleonic Wars.

[@Vekhh]

This 'Que??' destroyed me xD

[@sergieghalliwell8753]

This a good video! However, it could have been better if you discussed what allowed this to happen. The Spanish allow for royal titles to be inherited on the maternal line as well thus these claims to the Spanish throne were possible due to that fact.

[@youngarchivest9092]

Do the Nine Years War! Also known as the War of the Grand Alliance/War of the League of Habsburg

[@brokenbridge6316]

Fascinating video. I had wondered what was going on in Europe around this time. Now I'm a little better informed. Nice job guy.

[@MerkhVision]

U did a great job of making this really confusing conflict concise and understandable!

[@hellheaven-dy2bz]

The habsburgs were mewing too much that their jaws started doing it to

[@RobertoLopez7]

Great video, thanks. As you make the effort to draw portraits of the characters, and this helps a lot. But it would be better if you put the names or captions under each character.

[@olivervorasarn3247]

German Unification Wars 1848 Revolution Three Years War {1848-1852) Danish Prussian War (1864) Austro-Prussian War (1866) Franco Prussian War (1870-1871)

[@JoseCastro-sc4pm]

Victoria 2 music, lovely. Lets continue to wait for Victoria 3

[@dukegeorgalas4343]

Love your content mate. Keep up the great work

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks Luke, I appreciate it!

[@marekotec2540]

2:47 "There is too much butter on those trays"

[@1ogge21]

Very nice production quality with the animations, looking forward to the next video. Cheers from sweden.

[@johnlowkey1507]

I've played enough Victoria 2 to know where that music came from.

[@STV240]

u forgot to say that half of spain supported the Habsburgs at the beggining of the war, the crown of Aragon, not all Spain wanted the Anjou, but great video, as always beautiful work

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

Interesting fact, in the original novel Frankenstein's monster (which is what you were referring to, Frankenstein was the scientist) was actually noted to be, to use a technical term, hot af.

[@nomecreona3829]

The funniest thing about this video is that he can talk about the SPANISH succession war, but incredibly he forgets to talk about SPAIN. In Spain the war of succession caused a civil war, between the kingdom of Aragon and that of Castile. The old kingdom of Aragon fought on the Austrian side and Castile on the Bourbon side. In fact, today's Catalan conflict comes from that war. In fact, this war resulted in the loss of part of the possessions of the kingdom of Aragon such as Milan, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, Menorca, Gibraltar or the Spanish Netherlands. It had direct implications in all the Spanish possessions in America, which at that time were 2/3 of the current USA, all of Central America, most of South America and the Philippine Islands. And of all these relevant facts, the only thing it says about Spain is, ¿QUE?, It's ridiculous. How can you ignore that part of history and understand what the War of Succession meant? That war marked the beginning of the destruction of the Spanish Empire and the birth of the British Empire. The war of the Spanish succession radically changed the balance of powers in Europe….¿Qué? omg

[@Swift-mr5zi]

These wars are so complicated man, he missed loads of stuff from all perspectives

[@hellheaven-dy2bz]

I thought that was the sound of the duck 2:47

[@maartengoutier2085]

That was greatly done, keep up the good work!

[@alexwyman7688]

TFW the music on a KZbin video make you want to play Victoria 2.

[@alekodelpiero6620]

England just puts everyone to fight then they take what others cant hold to no more.jeez

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Good luck Derek. We know you’ll be fine.

[@rachelsombo9045]

And thus , King of Spain has for ancestor The Sun King 🌞

[@Gloriaimperial1]

And the sun king was the son of a Spanish princess

[@stormbringer2840]

@@Gloriaimperial1 Well...that make sense .

[@darthjarjarjar]

What about a vídeo talking about the war between Charles I° with Habsburg and Francisco I° of Bourbon?, ir the Anglo-Spanish war in 18 century?

[@pierrezarka8325]

The winners are not necessarily in the same camp: France (Bourbon on the trhone of Spain), Britain with its territorial gains overseas, Prussia the rising power gradually during the 18th, and Austria. The losers are Spain and the Netehrlands.

[@Raadpensionaris]

The Dutch weren't really losers imo. Their goal of containing France had succeded. Yes, the war was very costly but the Dutch saw the wars against Louis as a fight to stay independent so that was worth every penny

[@Gloriaimperial1]

Spain loser? Well, we had the largest empire in the world until 1820. The entire 18th century was one of recovery and prosperity, dozens of Spanish victories against the British, and expansion across Italy, the Great Plains, Florida, Louisiana, Uruguay, Alaska, West Coast of Canada. and the United States, Equatorial Guinea and the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean. We even gave the 8 real or Spanish dollar to the United States, because it was the most important currency in the world for 300 years. In 1800 the Spanish empire was twice that of the British, with many more civilized people.

[@Spiderfisch]

​@@Gloriaimperial1 all those facts doent change the ability to lose the war

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@Spiderfisch Spain had two objectives: to save the Catholic religion and the legacy of Rome in Europe. And Hispanicize-romanize America and the Philippines. 800 million Catholics. 200 million in Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, South Germany-Palatinate, France, Spanish invasion of Paris in 1590, and Italy, with the 450-year-old Spanish NATO to save Italy against the Turks, who each year had 10,000 people as slaves to Constantinople, before the Spanish empire. 490 million speakers of Spanish as their mother tongue More than the entire Commonwealth speaking English as their mother tongue, the United States speaking English as their mother tongue, the French empire in Africa speaking French as their mother tongue, and the Dutch empire speaking Maternal Dutch, all together. Spanish and Portuguese are the same in 89% of the words. Perhaps we lost financially, because we had to make a colossal investment. But we have an unrepeatable global legacy. And now the economy is getting closer in every decade to France, Italy and the UK.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@Gloriaimperial1 Just admit it we won, and took most of your empire from you, we became the biggest empire in history and still you Spanish and French are salty AF.

[@titanicboy2722]

Nobody: Spanish Farmer: *Q U E ?*

[@jussiwill4294]

Finally a video after 3 or 4 streams

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Yeah this one took a while.

[@jussiwill4294]

@@TheArmchairHistorian thank you to answer my question you are awsome

[@ireneecsr]

I am spanish and that is amazing, I didn't find good vídeos in spanish and i need It in english, congratulations💗💗

[@KingPsycax]

Loved it. Could you do anything about an episode of portuguese history? I would be really thrilled

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

More like the Robin (sidekick) is from Batman. Same colors, Robin is surely a crypto-Luso

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Bonus fact the end of war left a lot of sailors unemployed thus leading to the golden age of piracy.

[@glycineenjoyer]

my dude didnt even mention the siege of Barcelona :'I

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Nor did he mention Almansa, Malplauqet, Denain, Brihuega, Villaviciosa, etc.

[@animewatch4213]

".. this popularity with the spanish people." Spanish Peasants: "Que?"

[@rubensilva7057]

And the ocupation of Madrid was acomplished in 1706 by portuguese commander D. António Luís de Sousa, Marquês de Minas at the head of portuguese, british and dutch troops. But of course once again portuguese contributions are overlooked.

[@okguimacedo]

É triste ver o quanto somos esquecidos

[@Raadpensionaris]

The Dutch contribution is also largly overlooked. I feel your pain as a smaller nation in Europe

[@jerolvilladolid]

Neither France nor Austria wanted anything to do with Spain and both preferred the Bavarian prince to succeed the throne. But the diseased Habsburg line was so flawed that even the little Prince died quickly forcing the war to happen

[@atomicvacation8819]

what about the *SPANISH INQUISITION*

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Que?

[@playstationhero9564]

Good luck Derick

[@BlazeMaestro]

Saw you livestream when you did this :p It turned out awesome! No suprise! Keep up the epic work, man

[@AndriWStahel]

Thanks for the video. A good explanation. But as living in Catalonia, I see that you left out the Catalans from your account and how it is then that today's independence issue and conflict between Castilla and Catalonia started... It would be important to add it, once it is something which is still alive today...

[@Gloriaimperial1]

The conflict in Catalonia is a modern invention. In 1714 the Catalans wanted a king of the Austria dynasty, a king for Spain (not for Catalonia). In 1808 they fought against Napoleon's army for the victory of Spain. In 1978 they voted the Spanish constitution with 90% in favor (the most favorable region). In 2005, only 15-20% of Catalans were independentists, according to surveys. So there is no historical continuity of independence. Ups and downs. The party of Jordi Puyol, president of Catalonia, had stolen 3% of all public works, and when they saw the referendum in Scotland, they also saw the sky, to escape justice. And they began to relieve people against Madrid. Maybe they had a long-term plan, but it wasn't a majority support. It has been like a snowball of grievances, many times false. The danger is that it extends to France, Italy, Belgium ... and the European Union is destroyed

[@oklahomasoccer]

This war cannot be explained thoroughly in less than 8 minutes. Good try though.

[@jeronimoadames6624]

Spain needed to watch the AE ;(

[@TheCimbrianBull]

¿Qué? Did he say New Finland or Newfoundland? I'm sure he meant the latter but pronounced it as the former. Or am I wrong?

[@ProudlyGamer]

Pretty certain that region was known as New Vinland (named by the Danes, which just means New Foundland)

[@LOLokBuddy]

+ProudlyGamer It was just called Vinland which means land of Wine because the settlers found grape bushes, Newfoundland (pronunciation changes throughout Canada, usually "newfind-lind") is named this way because at the time it was New-Found-Land

[@brc6137]

Well here we go again 2020-21 going to be the worst Recession in history for the UK.

[@adamdodda3275]

Love the Vic II music

[@purmanundvykass4364]

Dame the spanish farmer say que is the funniest moments I ever seen

[@Totenyuyu]

What...and the Crown of Aragon¿ Half of Spain was sided with The Habsburgs...in Spain it was a clash between the sort of federalism represented by Habsburgs against the centralism imposed by Felipe V....

[@steyn1775]

Since when does Eragon, rider of the dragon Saphira have a crown?

[@JohnWalterGates]

@Asier Linazasoro Decreto de Nueva planta, positive? Decreto de Nueva Planta is the anthitesis of the enlightenment and the French Revolution. Decreto de Nueva Planta is the past that should never be repeated.

[@bryan5538]

I dig the music from victoria II Nice touch