One side in this conflict was forced to abandon the Siege of Turin after their defeat by Victor II Amadeus and his cousin at the Battle of the Stura. During this conflict, the Duke of Vendôme defeated Imperial troops under Ar
One side in this conflict was forced to abandon the Siege of Turin after their defeat by Victor II Amadeus and his cousin at the Battle of the Stura. During this conflict, the Duke of Vendôme defeated Imperial troops under Archduke Charles and Guido Starhemberg at the Battle of Villaviciosa. Marshal Claude de Villars was defeated by Lord Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Malplaquet; the victors of that battle would also win the Battle of Blenheim in this war, which was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht and the accession of the grandson of Louis XIV. For 10 points, name this war, after which Philip V took the throne of the namesake country, with capital at Madrid.
One side in this conflict was forced to abandon the Siege of Turin after their defeat by Victor II Amadeus and his cousin at the Battle of the Stura.
War of the Spanish Succession [prompt on "Queen Anne's War"]