Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry

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The Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry was a protracted struggle between Europe’s two leading royal houses for dominance over the continent’s political and territorial order in the early modern period.

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instanceOf dynastic rivalry
early modern European conflict
cause competition for dynastic supremacy in Europe
conflicting territorial ambitions
religious and political antagonism
conflictType struggle for European hegemony
endTime early 19th century
geographicScope Europe
historicalPeriod early modern period
historicalSignificance shaped the political and territorial order of Europe
ideologicalDimension Catholic universal monarchy vs. Bourbon balance-of-power policy
involves Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Duchy of Milan
Duchy of Savoy
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Empire
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
keyTurningPoint Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Rastatt
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of the Pyrenees
mainParticipants House of Bourbon
House of Habsburg
notableBourbonFigures Francis I of France
Henry IV of France
King Louis XIII
surface form: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIV of France
Philip V of Spain
notableHabsburgFigures Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II of Spain
primaryTheater Central Europe
Holy Roman Empire
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Low Countries
Western Europe
relatedTo Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
Italian Wars
Nine Years' War
Seven Years' War
Thirty Years' War
War of Devolution
War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Polish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
result decline of Habsburg dominance in Western Europe
reconfiguration of the European balance of power
rise of Bourbon France as a great power
startTime 16th century

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Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) hasCause Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
France and Austria involvedIn Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry
Treaty of The Hague (1720) hasSubject Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Habsburg–Spanish relations
War of the Polish Succession hasCause Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Bourbon–Habsburg rivalry in Europe
Palatinate phase geopoliticalContext Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Habsburg–anti-Habsburg rivalry in Europe
Franco-Spanish border wars relatedTo Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry
French-Catalan alliance of 1641 influencedBy Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
this entity surface form: Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry