In November, 1700, the king Carlos II, the last Austrian king of Spain, died in Madrid without heir. In his will, he asked the agreement of the french king Louis XIV to crown his grandson Phillipe d'Anjou as the new king of the Spanish empire. The acceptance of the proposal, that reinforced very much the power of France, gave rise to seventeen years of war in Europe, and to fifteen of civil war in Spain. Nevertheless, Phillipe arrived to Madrid in February, 1701 as Felipe V, the first king of a Bourbonic Spanish dynasty that has ... (more)