What if the Habsburg faction in the continent-wide struggle for Spain's throne after Carlos II's death had somehow won in the end? What are the overall effects on Europe?
In my view, Britain was as wary of a surgent France (as per OTL) as of a resurgent Habsburg hegemony. Thus, i could theoretically see the british supporting the cession of some small territories to France after a defeat in the war, such as portions of the austrian netherlands.
What are the effects on the spanish colonial empire? Would a continuing spanish Habsburg dynasty have an effect over reforms in the americas?
And what about Austria in itself? One could presume that a victory in the war would lead to different marriages for Joseph I and Charles VI -- no Pragmatic Sanction?
Would Gibraltar still be ceded to Britain?
In my view, Britain was as wary of a surgent France (as per OTL) as of a resurgent Habsburg hegemony. Thus, i could theoretically see the british supporting the cession of some small territories to France after a defeat in the war, such as portions of the austrian netherlands.
What are the effects on the spanish colonial empire? Would a continuing spanish Habsburg dynasty have an effect over reforms in the americas?
And what about Austria in itself? One could presume that a victory in the war would lead to different marriages for Joseph I and Charles VI -- no Pragmatic Sanction?
Would Gibraltar still be ceded to Britain?