the War of the Spanish Succession
/ðə ˌwɔːr əv ðə ˌspænɪʃ səkˈseʃn/
/ðə ˌwɔːr əv ðə ˌspænɪʃ səkˈseʃn/
- a war (1701-14) between Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark on one side, and France and Spain on the other side. It started when the king of Spain died leaving no children, and Philip, the grandson of the king of France, became the next king of Spain. The Austrians believed that an Austrian had the right to be the king of Spain, and the British supported them because they did not want France to become too strong. This aim was mainly achieved. At the end of the war, although Britain recognized Philip as the king of Spain, it received large areas of Canada from the French, and Gibraltar and Minorca from the Spanish.
西班牙继承战争：一方面是英国，奥地利，荷兰，葡萄牙和丹麦之间的战争（1701-14），另一方面是法国和西班牙之间的战争。它始于西班牙国王去世，无子生子，法国国王的孙子菲利普成为西班牙的下一任国王。奥地利人认为，奥地利人有权当西班牙的国王，而英国人则支持他们，因为他们不希望法国变得过于强大。该目的主要达到。战争结束时，尽管英国承认菲利普为西班牙国王，但它从法国获得了加拿大的大部分地区，从西班牙获得了直布罗陀和梅诺卡岛。