Philip V , King of Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...severely reduced Spanish power. The peace treaties (see Utrecht, Peace of ) left Spain its colonial empire, but forced it to cede the Spanish Netherlands, Sardinia, Milan, and Naples to Austria and Sicily to Savoy. For having sided with Philips...