Treaty of London (1700)

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The Treaty of London (1700) was an agreement between major European powers, including England, that sought to settle succession and territorial disputes in anticipation of the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Treaty of London (1700) canonical 3
Treaty of London (1701) 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
aimedTo prevent a major European war over Spanish inheritance ⓘ
settle succession disputes over the Spanish throne ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Partition Treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Spanish Italy ⓘ
Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
Spanish overseas possessions ⓘ
attemptedToRegulate distribution of Spanish territories among Bourbon and Habsburg claimants ⓘ
chronologyNote concluded shortly before the death of Charles II of Spain ⓘ
concerns redistribution of European territories ⓘ
succession to the Spanish crown ⓘ
countrySignatory Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
diplomaticParticipants Dutch diplomats ⓘ
English diplomats ⓘ
French diplomats ⓘ
field European diplomatic history ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
followedBy outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
follows Treaty of The Hague (1698) ⓘ
hasCause anticipated death of Charles II of Spain without direct heir ⓘ
hasContext European balance of power politics ⓘ
declining health of Charles II of Spain ⓘ
hasGenre peace and partition treaty ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locationSigned London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainSubject Spanish succession ⓘ
partition of the Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
motivation fear of a union of the French and Spanish crowns under one monarch ⓘ
partOf diplomatic background to the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
placeInSeries second partition treaty for the Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Treaty of The Hague (1698) ⓘ
relatedConflict War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
resultedIn proposed partition of Spanish territories among European powers ⓘ
signatoryEntity States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
signatoryMonarch Louis XIV of France ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
significance illustrates great power diplomacy at the end of the 17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaties of England → hasPart → Treaty of London (1700) ⓘ
Treaties of England → hasPart → Treaty of London (1701) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of London (1700)
Treaty of The Hague (1698) → followedBy → Treaty of London (1700) ⓘ
Second Partition Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of London (1700) ⓘ