Armentières, Bergues, Charleroi, Kortrijk, Douai, Veurne, Lille, Oudenaarde and Tournai to France
Belligerents
France[1]
Spanish Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders
Louis XIV
Turenne
Duc d'Aumont
de Créquy
Prince de Condé
Luxembourg
Castelo Rodrigo
De Marchin
Du Bruay
De Yenne
Saint Martin
Strength
Spanish Netherlands: 50,000
Franche-Comté: 15,000
Spanish Netherlands: 20,000–27,000[2]
Franche-Comté: 2,000
Casualties and losses
Spanish Netherlands: 2,000–4,000
Franche-Comté: 400–500
Spanish Netherlands: 2,000–3,000[3]
Franche-Comté: minimal
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War of Devolution
Charleroi
Tournai
Douai
Lille
Dendermonde
Jodoigne
Minot
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Franco-Spanish wars
(1495–1498
1502–1504
1512–1516
1521–1526
1526–1529
1536–1538
1542–1544
1551–1559)
1580–1583
1595–1598
1625
1628–1631
1635–1659 (1640–1659, 1641–1659, 1648–1653)
1667–1668
1673–1678
1683–1684
1688–1697
1718–1720
1793–1795
1808–1814
1815
1823
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.
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as an excuse to declare the WarofDevolution (1667–1668) that he rather sought to fight for territorial gain. Some warsof succession were about multiple...
to him. Only if Louis XIV rejected this and prolonged the WarofDevolution to take control of the whole area would the three countries take military force...
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Global Information
France[1]
Spanish Empire[1]