War of the Spanish Succession

American  

noun

1. a war (1701–14) fought by Austria, England, the Netherlands, and Prussia against France and Spain, arising from disputes about the succession in Spain after the death of Charles II of Spain.

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War of the Spanish Succession British  

noun

1. the war (1701–14) between Austria, Britain, Prussia, and the Netherlands on the one side and France, Spain, and Bavaria on the other over the disputed succession to the Spanish throne

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Example Sentences

Gibraltar has been a British Overseas Territory since 1713, when it was ceded to Britain under a peace treaty signed following the War of the Spanish Succession.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2022

In the carefully researched but loosely fictionalized script by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, Sarah has become a chief tactician in England’s War of the Spanish Succession against France, a conflict that remains pointedly off-screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2018

The long struggle that followed is known as the War of the Spanish Succession.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Spanish and the British have been bickering over Gibraltar ever since Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar during the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2011

War of the Spanish Succession, the more immediate circumstances that brought it about, 128; Charles II. consults Innocent XI., and secretly bequeaths his crown to the Duke d’Anjou, 142.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883