 Zvisinei, apo Joseph Ferdinand akafa nechikosoro muna February 1699, nhau yacho yakavhurwazve. Muna 1700 William naLouis XIV vakabvumirana neChipiri Chibvumirano Chokupatsanura chinonziwo Chibvumirano cheLondon, pasi pacho nharaunda dzaiva muItaly dzaizopfuudzwa kumwanakomana waMambo weFrance, uye dzimwe nharaunda dzeSpain dzaizogarwa nhaka nomwanakomana waMambo Mutsvene weRoma. Gadziriro iyi yakatsamwisa vose vari vaviri vaSpanish, avo vakanga vachiri kutsvaka kudzivisa kuparara kwoumambo hwavo, uye Mambo Mutsvene weRoma, uyo airangarira ndima dzeItaly sedzinobetsera zvikuru kupfuura dzimwe nyika. Nenzira isingakarirwi, Charles II weSpain akapindira sezvo iye akanga achifa mukupera kwa 1700. Nenzira imwe chete, akasiya nharaunda dzose dzeSpain kuna Philip, Duke weAnjou, muzukuru waLouis XIV. VaFrench nenzira yakakodzera vakaregeredza Chibvumirano Chechipiri Chokuparadzanisa ndokuti nhaka yose yeSpanish. Uyezve, Louis XIV akaparadzanisa William III nokuziva James Francis Edward Stuart, mwanakomana waimbova Mambo James II akafa muna September 1701, sade jure Mambo weEngland. Kurwisana kwakatevera, kunozivikanwa seHondo yeNhaka yeSpain, yakaputika muna July 1701 uye yakaramba iripo kusvikira muna 17131714. 