text: succeeded to his father's throne.[90] The signatories, however, omitted to consult the ruler 
  of these lands, and Charles II was passionately opposed to the dismemberment of his 
  empire. In 1699, he re-confirmed his 1693 will that named Joseph Ferdinand as his sole 
  successor.[91] 
  
  Six months later, Joseph Ferdinand died. Therefore, in 1700, Louis and William III 
  concluded a fresh partitioning agreement, the Treaty of London. This allocated Spain, the 
  Low Countries, and the Spanish colonies to the Archduke. The Dauphin would receive all 
  of Spain's Italian territories.[92] Charles II acknowledged that his empire could only remain 
  undivided by bequeathing it entirely to a Frenchman or an Austrian. Under pressure from 
  his German wife, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Charles II named Archduke Charles as his sole 
  heir. 