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In the subsequent War of the Spanish Succession (1702 –1713) most of the old kingdom of Aragón, including the Balearics, backed the Hapsburgs.
Originally a Roman settlement and center of learning, Évora is now a city of splendid Renaissance buildings, mostly dating from its heyday as the base of the House of Aviz (rulers of Portugal from the 14th century until the Spanish Hapsburgs took over in 1581).
“ Madrid de los Asturias” is named for the Hapsburgs instrumental in the city’s rapid growth during the 1600s.
NYT columnist Maureen Dowd takes the minority position that the Democrats carried the day, thanks to Glenn's smooth presentation and to the Republicans' jagged one, which, Dowd writes, consisted "mostly of arrows pointing to John Huang's name," and "a Byzantine theory linking Mr. Huang and the Lippo Group, his employers, to the 16th-century House of Fugger in Augsburg, the Rothschilds and the election of Emperor Charles V of the Hapsburgs."
The Spanish crown duly passed to the Hapsburgs, and Spain remained in their hands until the feeble-minded Carlos II died in 1700, leaving no heir.