The Queen's War

The War of Devolution also known as the Queen’s War in 1667-1668. This war was to enforce my claim to certain areas in the Spanish Netherlands, was lead to the Dutch War. The Dutch War was during 1672-1678 both of these wars were ascendancy of the French armies. The next decade in 1678-1688 was a turning point in the history of France; the strength of France was seriously diminished. The major cause of this is to be found in the end of the Edit of Nantes. The church was always opposed as a resolution and had to succeed in changing it in many ways. The religious passion and the autocratic temper of Louis XIV came to support of the church. The French Huguenots found their human rights decreased, and then, in 1685, the edict was altogether withdrawn. The results were disastrous to France. It was not only that I lost thousands of my best citizens, but this also blew against Protestantism disadvantaged me from those Protestant associations me of those Protestant alliances in Europe which had been in the past of my great diplomatic support. The English Revolution came in 1688 and changed England from an indecisive any into the most strong-minded of the enemies of France. The war with the Grand Alliance of which King William III was the heart and soul, lasted from 1688 -1697: and the treaty of Ryswick which brought it to an end, disadvantaged France of certain territories on her frontier. Louis saw in the Spanish question a possibility of more than making up for this defeat. The Spanish king Charles II was passing away and the future of the property of Spain was uncertain. The shrewd diplomacy of Louis succeeded in winning the inheritance for his beloved grandson Philip. This involved France and Europe in an enormous war in 1700 and by the peace of Utrecht in 1713, though the French prince keep the Spanish crown, France had again to make allowance territory.
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