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--- timelines:spain_look_to_the_west [2008/02/10 08:46] – Thande
+++ timelines:spain_look_to_the_west [2019/03/29 15:13] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Spain ======
+====== Spain (Look to the West) ======
 In [[timelines:Look to the West]], Spain stands at a crossroads in its history. The 18th century, much like OTL, saw a decline for the country as its status as premier imperial power was usurped by [[timelines:Kingdom of Great Britain#Britain]] and [[timelines:France (Look to the West)#France]]. Yet that decline was also steeper than OTL as Spain lost control over Peru and Rio de la Plata, which successfully became independent as the [[timelines:United Provinces of South America]].
 In the [[timelines:Jacobin Wars]], Spain gave succour to the Dauphin and her armies joined the anti-Republican coalition, but stalled after conquering Navarre from Revolutionary France, with the clear intent of incorporating it into Spain. After this the Dauphin abandoned Spain for Britain as a site to build an army in exile, along with [[timelines:Leo Bone]]. The Spanish army, low on morale due to incoherently expressed war objectives, managed to occupy the South of France but was beaten back from Bordeaux. Finally, after the withdrawal of Britain from the war and the successes in Germany, Republican France turned its full might upon Spain...
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 After the defeat in the [[timelines:Second Platinean War]] and the loss of the United Provinces, the Spanish government pursued a policy of granting greater power to the Audiencias of the remaining colonies in New Spain and New Granada, as well as their Viceroys.
-After the [[timelines:War of the Polish Succession]], the heir to the Spanish throne (the later Charles III) was made the King of Naples and Sicily. Once Charles acceded to the Spanish throne, his second son, also called Charles, was made King of Naples and Sicily and then his descendants would accede by the usual principle of primogeniture. Charles' first son Philip eventually became King of Spain - in TTL he was not mentally handicapped.
+After the [[timelines:First War of the Polish Succession Look to the West|First War of the Polish Succession]], the heir to the Spanish throne (the later Charles III) was made the King of Naples and Sicily. Once Charles acceded to the Spanish throne, his second son, also called Charles, was made King of Naples and Sicily and then his descendants would accede by the usual principle of primogeniture. Charles' first son Philip eventually became King of Spain - in TTL he was not mentally handicapped.
-=== List of Monarchs of Spain (since 1727) ===
+Spain fought the French in a lacklustre manner for the early stages of the Jacobin Wars, although briefly managing to occupy Bordeaux in response to the French attacking Parma in Italy. However, the country was rapidly crushed by a 'war of lightning' offensive by General Boulanger after the withdrawal of Britain from the war. This was facilitated by a civil war raging in Spain over the succession, between the 'Carlistas' who favoured the king's eldest son Charles, and the 'Felipistas' who claimed the King had changed the succession to his second son Philip. The Carlistas ended up fleeing over the sea to form the [[Empire of New Spain]], while the Felipistas triumphed only to be conquered by the French. The French occupation of Spain was much milder than OTL's equivalent, with the governor Drouet working through Philip VII as his puppet, and Spanish Kleinkriegers or "guerillos" were not as widespread or famous as their German and Italian counterparts (in contrast to OTL). The French-backed Felipista Spain reluctantly assisted France in attacks on Portugal, which ultimately failed thanks to Lisieux constantly withdrawing troops for his projects elsewhere, leaving the French force in Spain undermanned and forced to rely more on Spanish troops.
+Towards the end of the Jacobin Wars, the French were sufficiently weakened in Spain to be rolled back by the Portuguese and Neapolitans, who had landed on Spain's Mediterranean coast. The two of them split Spain between them, with "Castile" being ruled by the infant heir (after Drouet killed Philip VII) as a Portuguese puppet, and "Aragon" placed into personal union with Naples and Sicily.
+=== List of Monarchs of Spain (House of Bourbon) since 1727 ===
 (restoration) - 1746: Philip V
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 -1788: Charles III
-- : Philip VI
+-1801: Philip VI
-=== List of chief ministers of Spain ===
+-1807: **Civil war** - claimants Philip VII, Charles IV (the Prince of Asturias) and Charles IV (Charles VIII and VI of Naples and Sicily)
+: Division into Castile and Aragon - Castile under Alfonso XII [1807-1832], Aragon under Charles IV (Charles VIII and VI of Naples and Sicily) [1807-1811]; Gennaro I [1811-1829]; Luigi I [1829-1832]
+: Spain reunited under Charles IV (the former Prince of Asturias)
+-: Charles IV
+=== List of chief ministers of Spain since 1726 ===
+-1734: Juan Bautista Orendayn y Azpilcueta
+-1736: José Patiño y Rosales
+-1748: Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llarena
 -1755: Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marquis of Ensenada (first time)
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 -1798: José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca
--: Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
+-1803: Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
+-1807: In abeyance
+-: Francisco Rocío Villaamil y López
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 (This is one of the designs rejected in the OTL flag contest). Note the 'Scandinavian' proportions, which may have influenced the later decision by [[timelines:Denmark (Look to the West)#Denmark]] to not reuse the similar Union of Kalmar flag after [[timelines:Sweden (Look to the West)#Sweden]] was brought back into personal union.
+==== Navigation ====
+**[[list of states and regions in look to the west|Main Index of Look to the West States and Regions]]**