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The Nine Years' War [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.
The Palatinate campaign (30 August 1620 – 27 August 1623), also known as the Spanish conquest of the Palatinate or the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War was a campaign conducted by the Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant Union in the Lower Palatinate, during the Thirty Years' War.
Count Palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm claimed the territory and fought in the War of the Julich Succession, converting to Catholicism midway through in order to secure alliances. As a result, Palatine-Neuburg and the Duchies of Julich and Berg would be held in personal union. This was formalized in the Treaty of Xanten.
Palatines (Palatine German: Pälzer) were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor. [1] [2] [3] After the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the nationality referred more specifically to residents of the Rhenish Palatinate, known simply as "the Palatinate".
Acquiring the Jülich succession would not only provide more land but also enrich the Neuburg economy. Despite his Lutheran religious status, Wolfgang Wilhelm personally traveled to Prague to seek the Emperor's support. Neuburg also tried to gain the support of France and England, but these efforts were unsuccessful. [1]
To inherit Holland, Ada quickly married Louis before her father was buried, triggering the Loon War. [1]This is a list of wars of succession in Europe.. Note: Wars of succession in transcontinental states are mentioned under the continents where their capital city was located.
During the War of the Palatine Succession, the castle was decisively destroyed, like most of the fortifications in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Its commander, von Dachenhausen, surrendered it to French troops on 11 October 1688, but on 15 March 1689 they blew it up. [ 10 ]
Corresponding to the Thirty Years' War was the War of the Mantuan Succession, which erupted in 1628. France backed the Duke of Nevers, and the Habsburgs backed the Duke of Guastalla. [8] French success in this war, and the subsequent installation of Nevers as Duke of Mantua, weakened the Habsburg position in Italy.