Bourbon Family Compacts

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The Bourbon Family Compacts were a series of 18th-century alliances between the Bourbon dynasties of France and Spain (and sometimes other Bourbon-ruled states), aimed at coordinating their political and military strategies in Europe and overseas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century alliance
bilateral treaty
bilateral treaty
bilateral treaty
diplomatic alliance
treaty system
alsoKnownAs Pactes de Famille NERFINISHED
Pactos de Familia NERFINISHED
appliesTo European affairs
overseas colonies
country France
Spain
diplomaticFocus Franco-Spanish relations
dynastyInvolved French Bourbons NERFINISHED
Spanish Bourbons NERFINISHED
endTime 1761
goal containment of British power
coordination of military strategies between Bourbon monarchies
coordination of political strategies between Bourbon monarchies
defense of Bourbon dynastic interests
hasPart First Bourbon Family Compact NERFINISHED
Second Bourbon Family Compact NERFINISHED
Third Bourbon Family Compact NERFINISHED
historicalContext Seven Years' War NERFINISHED
War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED
War of the Polish Succession NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 18th century
languageOfWorkOrName French
Spanish
opposedBy British Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
participant House of Bourbon NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED
region Western Europe NERFINISHED
signingDate 1733
1743
1761
startTime 1733
subjectOf historiography of Franco-Spanish relations

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Second Family Compact partOf Bourbon Family Compacts