The War of the Spanish Succession Question

[Dreadnought]

Just a question, need an answer, so I thought I'd come to you guys:

IF France had won the war of the spanish succession, would France have united with Spain as one nation?

 

[mrtn]

Probably not. You may have got one king ruling over two countries, but that would be personal, they wouldn't have joined the countries.

 

[sydhe]

According to some points of view, France did win the War of the Spanish Succession. After all, they did get their major aim, a Bourbon king of Spain.

 

[Dreadnought]

According to some points of view, France did win the War of the Spanish Succession. After all, they did get their major aim, a Bourbon king of Spain.

But the thrones remained seperate.

 

[sydhe]

That shouldn't have been an issue, since Philip V wasn't the heir to the throne of France.

 

[Dreadnought]

During the war the stakes were the Spanish Empire, which was won by no one.

 

[pawpaw]

Just a question, need an answer, so I thought I'd come to you guys:

IF France had won the war of the spanish succession, would France have united with Spain as one nation?

No, France tries ( and suceded ) to put Phillip of D'Anjou--Louis's XIV Grandson on they throne, Louis's Heir was his great grandson, 5 year old Louis XV so it was 2 differant branches of the Bourbon house

 

[Dachs]

The only person to win the War of the Spanish Succession was England: the new arbiter on the Continent, a new empire being carved out of the wreckage of the Spanish one, and naval domination. That, and they got Gibraltar and Minorca. Any possible French gain by having a Bourbon on the Spanish throne was negated by the fact that Philip and Louis weren't exactly best friends - not long after Louis died, the Spanish would try (and fail) to fight the War of the Quadruple Alliance against France and Britain in 1718-20.

Now that that's over: probably not, unless there was some Habsburg-like inbreeding in the House of Bourbon (or all of the others were mysteriously killed...).