 Charles II, the last Spanish king from the house of Austria, died in 1700, and in his will he designated Philip V as his heir.The new king, with the name of Philip V, was accepted in the kingdom of Castile, as well as in Crown of Aragon.England, which was at the head of the opposing nations proposed Charles VI as the heir of the Spanish throne and in 1702 a European war started (the War of the Spanish Succession).