 Charles II, having no direct heir, was succeeded by his great-nephew Philippe d'Anjou, a French prince, in 1700.Concern among other European powers that Spain and France united under a single Bourbon monarch would upset the balance of power led to the War of the Spanish Succession between 1701 and 1714.It pitted powerful France and fairly strong Spain against the Grand Alliance of England, Portugal, Savoy, the Netherlands and Austria.