The Pacte de Famille is one of three separate, but similar alliances between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain. As part of the settlement of the War of the Spanish Succession that brought the House of Bourbon of France to the throne of Spain, Spain and France made a series of agreements that did not unite the two thrones, but did lead to cooperation on a defined basis.
Philip V, first Bourbon king of Spain
Elisabeth Farnese, Philip V's second wife, who exerted strong influence over her husband
Louis XV of France
Charles III of Spain
History of Spain (1700–1808)
The Kingdom of Spain entered a new era with the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg monarch, who died childless in 1700. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between proponents of a Bourbon prince, Philip of Anjou, and the Austrian Habsburg claimant, Archduke Charles. After the wars were ended with the Peace of Utrecht, Philip V's rule began in 1715, although he had to renounce his place in the succession of the French throne.
Philip V of Spain
Elisabeth Farnese, queen of Spain and second wife of Philip V of Spain
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad. Philip V and Charles III made the navy a high priority of their governments
King Ferdinand VI of Spain (r. 1746–1759)
