Notes 12/13- Louis XIV

• Louis XIV
• Called the Sun King
• Trying to have universal sovereignty 
• Charlie II of Spain dies and he does not have an heir
• Gave the throne to Phillip of Anjou, Louis XIV's grandson, 
• The Grand alliance- Holland, Austria, The Principality of Brandenburg, and the Italian Duchy of Savoy
• The War of the Spanish Succession- 1701-1713
• 1713- France and the Grand Alliance signed the Treaty of Utrecht
• Will create a new balance of power in Europe that will last over the next 30 years.
• France- Louis' grandson, Phillip V was allowed to remain king of Spain as long as the two countries do not unite, and France can keep Alsace
• The English get naval bases in Gibraltar
• They take over the slave trade in Spain
• Austria- 
• The Duke of Savoy- 
• Is given Sicily, and becomes King of Sicily
• In 1720, he grows tired of Sicily
• He trades with Austria to get Sardinia and gives them Sicily 
• Brandenburg  elector- 
• Becomes the King of Prussia