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 The War of Devolution
With the Treaty of the Pyrenees Louis XIV was left with the
infant Marie-Thérèse,the daughter of Philip IV. After the marriage she
renounced her claims to the Spanish inheritance. Soon after when Philip
IV died in 1665 he was succeeded by the five year old Charles II. Louis
had no problem with which the crown belonged to but he contested the fact
that Marie-Thérèse still had the rights to inherit goods and property
instead of them all going to Charles II. The war began in 1667 with the
French attack of the main army led by Marshal Turenne. The French turned
out to be very successful over Spain and this started to worry the Dutch.
So the Dutch Quickly signed a treaty with England, after fighting them
since 1665 that would free their hands. Then the Dutch were able to put
their attention on France and by January of 1668 the United Provinces, England,
and Sweden wrote and signed the Triple Alliance. It declared that Spain
must accede to the demands of Louis XIV for certain towns, but if Louis
increased his demands then the Allies would fight to reestablish the borders of
1659. This later led to the Triple Alliance. | |
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