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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession, People of the War of the Austrian Succession, War of Jenkins' Ear, King George's War, Battle of Dettingen, Charles III of Spain, Battle of Fontenoy, Robert Jenkins, George Anson's voyage around the world, Battle of Melle, Siege of Bergen op Zoom, Thomas Mathews, Siege of Louisbourg, Frederick Haldimand, Voyage of the Glorioso, Battle of Casteldelfino, Battle of Chotusitz, Duc d'Anville Expedition, Philip, Duke of Parma, Battle of Piacenza, Silesian Wars, Arthur Noble, Battle of Hohenfriedberg, Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, Louis Francois, Prince of Conti, Battle of Mollwitz, Planned French Invasion of Britain, Battle of Lauffeld, Battle of Villafranca, Battle of Porto Bello, Battle of Pfaffenhofen, Siege of Annapolis Royal, Battle of Madras, Battle of Rocoux, Congress of Breda, Siege of Port Toulouse, Invasion of Georgia, Battle of Havana, Battle of Soor, Battle of Assietta, Raid on Canso, Battle of Sahay, Raid on Lorient, Samuel Waldo, Vittorio Francesco, Marquis of Susa, Convention of Pardo, Siege of Prague, Fall of Ghent, Siege of Brussels, Battle of Bassignano, Siege of Genoa, Battle of Velletri, Battle of Hennersdorf, Siege of Fort at Number 4, Convention of Turin, Raid on Saratoga, Treaty of Warsaw, Arthur Villettes, Siege of Maastricht. Excerpt: Charles III (Spanish: Carlos III; Italian: Carlo III; 20 January 1716 - 14 December 1788) was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese. In 1731, the fifteen-year-old Charles became the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I, at the death of his childless great uncle Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. In 1734, as the Duke of Parma, he conquered the kingdoms of Naples and of Sicily, and was crowned as the King of ...