Back حرب الأيلولة Arabic Деволюционна война Bulgarian Brezel an Devolusion Breton Guerra de Devolució Catalan Devoluční válka Czech Devolutionskrigen Danish Devolutionskrieg German Πόλεμος της Επανάκτησης Greek Milito de Devolucio Esperanto Guerra de Devolución Spanish
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In the 1667 to 1668 War of Devolution (French: Guerre de Dévolution, Dutch: Devolutieoorlog), France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of the Holy Roman Empire under the sovereignty of the King of Spain. The name derives from an obscure law known as the Jus Devolutionis, used by Louis XIV of France to claim that these territories had "devolved" to him by right of marriage to Maria Theresa of Spain.
In the fighting, the French encountered minimal resistance; however, Louis was more concerned with asserting his inheritance rights in the Spanish Empire, and consequently returned much of his gains in the May 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The terms were agreed to by Emperor Leopold I in January 1668, reinforced by the Triple Alliance of England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic.
The conflict marked the end of the long-standing Franco-Dutch alliance, and was the first of the French wars of expansion that dominated Europe for the next 50 years.
- ^ a b Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Mitchell 2019, p. 38.
- ^ Clodfelter 2008, p. 46.
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