Can the Habsburgs take Spain during War of Spanish Succession?

England's primary goal is to keep the Spanish Netherlands and Spanish colonies out of France's hands. England will fight doggedly to achieve this as she considers it essential to her survival.

I would not look at the marriage as England's attempt to put her daughter's husband on the throne of France. Rather, it the marriage is England's promise to the Habsburgs the she will support their claims precisely because those claims achieve England's aims.
Alrighty, and in your view can Charles go for Spain and take it successfully
 
You missed shoehorning two butterflies into this, but I'm not going to bring them up. :winkytongue:

Care if I hazard a guess?

1) Carlos II's will. He preferred Anjou to the Habsburg candidate. Partially because he was still in love with his first wife and partially because the Austrian ambassador was a cheap bastard (at least in comparison to his French counterpart, Harcourt, who came under Louis XIV's instructions to make the road for the French as smooth as possible in Spain)
2) Seniority. Karl's claim is pretty low down the totem pole (compared to Anjou or the prince of Bavaria). The French claim came through the elder sisters, while Bavaria's were through the younger sisters. Karl's was also through the younger sister, but only through his paternal grandma.

Unless you're talking about in England itself.
 
Care if I hazard a guess?

1) Carlos II's will. He preferred Anjou to the Habsburg candidate. Partially because he was still in love with his first wife and partially because the Austrian ambassador was a cheap bastard (at least in comparison to his French counterpart, Harcourt, who came under Louis XIV's instructions to make the road for the French as smooth as possible in Spain)
2) Seniority. Karl's claim is pretty low down the totem pole (compared to Anjou or the prince of Bavaria). The French claim came through the elder sisters, while Bavaria's were through the younger sisters. Karl's was also through the younger sister, but only through his paternal grandma.

Unless you're talking about in England itself.
This is very true, and I don’t think louis is going to encourage either of his grandsons be it Philip,or Charles to renounce the throne of Spain
 

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Alrighty, and in your view can Charles go for Spain and take it successfully
I'd have to think about the course of the war and the lead-up more, but I think it is reasonable from Charles's perspective.

ITTL, there was no NYW, right? Did something replace it or did everyone get a chance to rest? Also, how did the Great Turkish War end? A break between GTW and WSS would benefit Austria greatly.
 
I'd have to think about the course of the war and the lead-up more, but I think it is reasonable from Charles's perspective.

ITTL, there was no NYW, right? Did something replace it or did everyone get a chance to rest? Also, how did the Great Turkish War end? A break between GTW and WSS would benefit Austria greatly.

I was thinking there might well be a five years war instead of a Nine Years War, with Louis still chomping for the reunions. As for the Great TUrkish War that ends in 1690 with a Austrian victory
 
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