Spain loses Milan as part of the European settlement.
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Spain loses Milan as part of the European settlement.
Spain loses Naples to Austria under the peace settlement.
Spain loses Sardinia in the postwar territorial settlement.
Spain loses the Spanish Netherlands to Austrian Habsburg authority.
Cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht.
Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht.
Spain's cession of Gibraltar and Minorca weakens its Mediterranean position.
Cedes Minorca to Great Britain as part of the Utrecht settlement.
Spain cedes Minorca to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht.
Philip V retains Spain and its American empire while ceding European territories.
Accepts peace terms while keeping the Spanish throne.
Grants Britain the asiento trading concession in Spanish America.
Philip V keeps Spain but renounces the French throne; Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca to Great Britain.
Renounces claims to the French throne to prevent union of the crowns.
Spain concludes peace with Britain while conceding territory and trade rights.
Spain remains Bourbon but separate from France under the peace terms.
Helps Philip V's administration adjust to the postwar settlement.
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