philip v

philip V was king of spain between 1700 and 1746. HE WAS THE FIRST Bourbon on the spainish throne. A grandson of Louis XIV, he was titular duke of Anjon before Charles II of Spain designated him as his successor. Louis XIV accepted the Spainis throne for his grandson and thus percipitated the War of THe Spainish Succession which severely reduced the power of the Spainish throne. The peace treaties left Spain its colonial empire, but forced it to cede the Spainish Netherlands, Sardinia, Milan and Naples to Austria...