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Exhilarated by this gradual process of | HISTORY OF POLAND

Vienna and Hungary

Exhilarated by this gradual process of liberation from their Muslim overlord, the Hungarian diet - meeting at Pressburg in 1687 - grants more of Leopold I's demands than he might normally have expected. They give up thei...

Exhilarated by this gradual process of | HISTORY OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE

Vienna and Hungary

Exhilarated by this gradual process of liberation from their Muslim overlord, the Hungarian diet - meeting at Pressburg in 1687 - grants more of Leopold I's demands than he might normally have expected. They give up thei...

Exhilarated by this gradual process of | HISTORY OF HUNGARY

Vienna and Hungary

Exhilarated by this gradual process of liberation from their Muslim overlord, the Hungarian diet - meeting at Pressburg in 1687 - grants more of Leopold I's demands than he might normally have expected. They give up thei...

Neverthless, the fact remains that nearly | HISTORY OF SPAIN

The Spanish succession

Neverthless, the fact remains that nearly all the immediate ancestors of Charles II (who succeeds to the Spanish throne in 1665) are descendants of the emperor Maximilian. The famous Habsburg jaw, visible in Maximilian a...

Neverthless, the fact remains that nearly | HISTORY OF THE HABSBURGS

The Spanish succession

Neverthless, the fact remains that nearly all the immediate ancestors of Charles II (who succeeds to the Spanish throne in 1665) are descendants of the emperor Maximilian. The famous Habsburg jaw, visible in Maximilian a...

During 1701 the leading members of | HISTORY OF FRANCE

Alliances against France

During 1701 the leading members of the Grand Alliance join forces again for a renewal of war against France. The resulting War of the Spanish Succession is a long one, to 1713, and it ends with the compromise which could...

During 1701 the leading members of | THE WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE

Alliances against France

During 1701 the leading members of the Grand Alliance join forces again for a renewal of war against France. The resulting War of the Spanish Succession is a long one, to 1713, and it ends with the compromise which could...

Nevertheless the Spanish Netherlands remain in | HISTORY OF BELGIUM

The Spanish Netherlands

Nevertheless the Spanish Netherlands remain in a stategically perilous state, with Protestant neighbours to north and west (the United Provinces and England) and Spain's perennial enemy, France, to the south. Warfare alo...

When peace is agreed - at | THE WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE

Five French fronts

When peace is agreed - at Turin in 1696 with Savoy, at Rijswijk in 1697 with the other powers - France seems to make many concessions. Territories captured in the recent years are returned to their previous owners. Comme...

William III dies within a year | HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Anne's years of war

William III dies within a year of the Act of Settlement, to be succeeded in 1702 by his sister-in-law Anne. By then the country is at war with France, over the issue of the Spanish succession. The conflict will last for...