Wars of succession

Wars of succession

Wars of succession are civil wars prompted by two or more individuals' claim as successor to the monarch. The individuals are supported by competing factions within the royal court and foreign powers might also intervene through allying themselves with a faction.

* War of the Castilian Succession
* War of the Portuguese Succession (1580-1583)
* War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713)
* War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
* War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738)
* War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–1779)
* War of Breton Succession
* War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
* Champagne War of Succession
* Landshut War of Succession

Sometimes included in this category is the
* War of the English Succession, which is more commonly called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg (1688–1697).

Also in Science Fiction as
* BattleTech, Succession Wars era(2784–3030). See: History of the BattleTech universe.
* A wargame, The Succession Wars, set in the BattleTech universe.

Also, after the death of Alexander the Great, there were the Wars of the Successors (Diadochi).


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