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War of the Spanish Succession

The King's Horse at the Battle of Ramillies, 1706.
Date 1701–1714
Location Europe and North America
Result Treaty of Utrecht 1713
Treaty of Rastadt 1714
Combatants
Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain,[1]
Dutch Republic,
Portugal,
Others		 France,
Spain,
Bavaria,
Others
Commanders
Eugene of Savoy,
Margrave of Baden,
Count Starhemberg,
Duke of Marlborough,
Earl of Galway,
Count Overkirk,
Marquês das Minas		 Duc de Villars,
Duc de Vendôme,
Duc de Boufflers,
Duc de Villeroi,
Duke of Berwick,
Count of Tessé,
Marquis of Villadarias,
Maximilian II Emanuel
Strength
232,000[2] France 373,000 [3]
•The French strength is a paper figure; actual combat strength was approximately 255,000. To this must be added forces from Spain and, initially, Bavarian and Savoyard contingents.
•The Allied figure is the strength in 1702: The Empire (90,000), the Dutch Republic (60,000 + 42,000 garrison troops[4]) and England (40,000). It does not include minor German states or navies.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Acts of Union of 1707 united the crowns of England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  2. ^ Lynn, The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714, p.271
  3. ^ Lynn, The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714, p.271
  4. ^ Chandler, Marlborough as Military Commander. p.57
  • Chandler, David G. Marlborough as Military Commander. Spellmount Ltd, (2003). ISBN 1-86227-195-X
  • Lynn, John A. The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714. Longman, (1999). ISBN 0-582-05629-2
  • McKay, Derek & Scott, H. M. The Rise of the Great Powers 1648–1815. Longman, (1984). ISBN 0-582-48554-1
  • Symcox, Geoffrey. War, Diplomacy, and Imperialism: 1618–1763. Harper & Row, (1973). ISBN 06-139500-5
  • Wolf, John B. The Emergence of the Great Powers: 1685–1715. Harper & Row, (1962). ISBN 0061397509
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