Editing Badajoz (section)

===1660–1811===
[[File:Badajoz 16xx.jpg|thumb|left|Depiction of Badajoz in the mid-1600s]]

The battle for control of the town and its fortress continued with attacks by the Portuguese in 1660. In 1705, during the Spanish War of Succession, Badajoz was controlled by the Allies following the death of the heirless King Charles II. It was taken by Spain, prompting Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV of France, to take over the reins of Spain itself.{{Sfn|Ring|Salkin|La Boda|1995|p=72}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=181}} In 1715 Portugal signed a peace agreement with Spain and surrendered its claims to Badajoz in lieu of Spain's cession of Sacramento territory in the [[La Plata]] area in South America.{{Sfn|Frey|Frey|1995|p=108}} The [[Peace Treaty of Badajoz]] was signed between Spain and Portugal on 6 June 1801.<ref name="Olivenca">{{cite web|url=http://www.olivenca.org/litigio_uk.htm|title=Peace Treaty of Badajoz between Portugal|publisher=Grupos de Amigos de Olivenca|access-date=9 July 2013|archive-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405005601/http://www.olivenca.org/litigio_uk.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Portuguese, feeling that an attack by French troops stationed in [[Ciudad Rodrigo]] was imminent, agreed to cede [[Olivenza]] to Spain and declared that it would close its ports to British ships.<ref name="Olivenca"/> This agreement was revoked in 1807 as its terms were breached when the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (October 1807)|Treaty of Fontainbleau]] was signed between Spain and France on 27 October 1807.<ref name="Olivenca"/>

During the [[Peninsular War]], Badajoz was unsuccessfully attacked by the French in 1808 and 1809. However, on 10 March 1811, the Spanish commander, José Imaz, was bribed into surrendering to a French force under Marshal [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult|Soult]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=181}} A British and Portuguese army, commanded by Marshal [[William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford|Beresford]], endeavoured to retake it and on 16 May 1811 defeated a relieving force at [[Battle of Albuera|Albuera]], but the siege was abandoned the following month.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=181}}