 Valaenza was besieged again in 1696, but this time the French and Savoyards were unable to capture it.In 1707, in the course of the War of Spanish Succession, it was conquered by Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, who had its possession confirmed in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht.Thenceforth Valenza followed Piedmontese-Sardinian history, and after 1861 that of the kingdom of Italy.