Editing Cervera (section)

=== The university ===
[[File:Nova planta Catalunya 1.jpg|thumb|With the [[Nueva Planta decrees]], all the universities were closed and relocated into the university of Cervera]]
[[Charles II of Spain|Charles II]], the last Spanish king from the house of [[Austria]], died in 1700, and in his will he designated [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] as his heir. The new king, with the name of [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]], was accepted in the kingdom of [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]], as well as in [[Crown of Aragon]]. 
[[England]], which was at the head of the opposing nations proposed [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] as the heir of the Spanish throne and in 1702 a European war started (the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]). An appropriate diplomatic intervention could make the Crown of Aragon finally give support to [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]. In Cervera, there were people in favour of both sides.

When the war was finished, Cervera, which had been destroyed, decided to give support to the ones who were governing (the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons]]) and sent two ambassadors to the Courts with the mission to persuade the ministers of [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] of his absolute support, with the goal to obtain some logical compensation and in one of their 30 requests, they requested one university like the one in the city of Lleida. [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]], then, built the [[University of Cervera]] and closed the rest (the [[Nueva Planta decrees]]). The creation of the university gave an economic boost to the town, basically (among other reasons) because students lodged in the town.