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Old 12th June 2019, 03:00 AM   #2624
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Originally Posted by McHrozni View Post
War of Spanish succession was a war between houses of Burbon (Capet) and Habsburg about who should control Spain. Yes, it also abolished what remained of the kingdom of Aragon, because they sided with the losing side (Habsburgs). It was not, in any shape or form, a war for Aragonese independence or the start of the unified Spain.
It represented a shift in sovereign and hence sovereignty. Trying to impose modern ideas of sovereign nation states before they came about is pretty silly.
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