Desembarco Del Rey Nuestro Senor dalante de Baya de Napoles , passando de la R. de Francia, en queiva á la Capitana de Napoles que salio á ….1702

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Desembarco Del Rey Nuestro Senor dalante de Baya de Napoles , passando de la R. de Francia, en queiva á la Capitana de Napoles que salio á ….1702

Representation of the disembarkment of the french king at Naples caused by the The War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1715). It was a major European conflict of the early 18th century, triggered by the death in 1700 of the last Habsburg King of Spain, the infirm and childless Charles II. In 1702 the war in northern Italy was in its second year. After Austria's initial success Louis XIV sent Marshal Vendôme to command the Bourbon army, and with greatly superior numbers he began to dominate and pin back his opponent. With the Duke of Savoy's desertion Piedmont-Savoy became an important goal for the French, who now aimed to isolate Victor Amadeus and Starhemberg from the Austrians to the east and secure communications between France and Milan. By the beginning of 1704 Marshal Tessé had taken the Duchy of Savoy.

ca. 1704

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Fricx