Background of the Battle of Almansa

The union of the Crowns of Spain and France was too dangerous for the interests of other European states, England and Holland next to the Emperor Leopold I of Austria (grandson of King Philip III of Spain) signed the Coalition of The Hague in 1701, presented as a candidate for the Crown of Spain to the Austrian Emperor's second son, the Archduke Charles. The Clash by the European supremacy was inevitable.