France and Austria (Holy Roman Empire), sign the Treaty of Rastatt on March 7, 1714. The treaty complemented the Treaty of Utrecht, and it took another step to end the War of Spanish Succession which was formally finalized with the Treaty of Baden, later that year on September 7, 1714.
The Spanish war of Succession was a major European conflict which was triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain, threatening to unite the French and Spanish crowns under the Bourbon dynasty. The conflict, lasting from 1701 to 1714) was fought between the "Grand Alliance" of Britain, Holland, Holy Roman Empire and others, vs. France and Spain (Spain, under a new Bourbon monarch, mostly aligned with France)
