Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy

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The Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy were a series of early 18th-century military struggles between Habsburg Austria and Bourbon Spain for dominance over Italian territories following the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early 18th-century war
military conflict
conflictBetween Bourbon Spain
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Spain
endTime mid-18th century
follows War of the Spanish Succession
hasCause Austrian ambition to consolidate control over Italian territories
Bourbon attempt to recover Italian possessions lost in the War of the Spanish Succession
dynastic rivalry between Habsburg and Bourbon houses
strategic competition for dominance in the Mediterranean
hasLocation Duchy of Milan
Duchy of Parma
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
surface form: Duchy of Tuscany

Italian Peninsula
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Lombardy
Mediterranean Sea
Northern Italy
Sardinia
Southern Italy
hasPart Italian campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession
surface form: Italian campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession

Italian campaigns of the War of the Polish Succession
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
surface form: Spanish invasion of Sardinia (1717)

Spanish invasion of Sicily (1718)
War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Polish Succession
War of the Quadruple Alliance
hasParticipant Bourbon Spain
Duchy of Savoy
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Austria

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sicily
Papal States
historicalContext post–War of the Spanish Succession European power realignment
mainBelligerent Austria
Spain
objective control of Milan
control of Naples
control of Sicily
dominance over Italian states
partOf Habsburg–Spanish rivalry
result confirmation of Austrian influence in northern Italy
establishment of Bourbon rule in parts of southern Italy
redistribution of Italian territories among Habsburg, Bourbon, and Savoyard rulers
startTime 1710s
early 18th century

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Austrian campaign in Sicily partOf Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy