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ALT_1700_HISTDESC;It is January 1701: Carlos II has died and unexpectedly bequeathed the entire Spanish empire to his Habsburg cousin in Austria, in turn bypassing the claim of the nearest direct heir - Louis XIV's grandson, Philip of Anjou. The old Sun King is enraged at this 'backroom deal' between his Habsburg rivals and declares war on Spain, demanding the entire inheritance for Philip and sending French armies into Catalonia, Flanders and Lombardy. Louis' main ally in the war is James Stuart, the unpopular Catholic king of the newly-formed Great Britain. For the first time, Anglo-French armies will fight together across much of Europe in an attempt to claw apart the Habsburg alliance and assert Louis XIV's mastery of the continent.;x
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