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Occupied in 1672 by 200 Dutch State soldiers, but due to the great force majeure and lack of ammunition, they had to surrender to the French army of 1500 men led by the Duke of Luxembourg. After this, the French occupied the castle for two months and it was only partly dismantled, because the Dutch lord of the castle was a Catholic. [ 91 ]
The Dutch felt threatened by the French ambitions. According to the French ambassador, the Dutch acted from the motto: Gallicus amicus, non vicinus, or "The Frenchman is a good friend, but a bad neighbour". The Dutch again reinforced their fleet, but made insufficient preparations for their army because of a shortage of money.
The Franco-Dutch War [b] was a European conflict that lasted from 1672 to 1678. Its primary belligerents were France , backed at different times by Münster , Cologne , England , and the Swedish Empire , and the Dutch Republic , allied with the Holy Roman Empire , Spain , Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark-Norway .
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-873072-1. Staring Instituut (1988). Bredevoort, een heerlijkeheid. Stichting 800 Jaar Veste Bredevoort. ISBN 9789090021355. Panhuysen, Luc (2009). Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte. Uitgeverij Atlas. ISBN 9789045013282
Events from the year 1672 in the Dutch Republic. Events. This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2015) Siege of Groningen;
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The castle had takeovers from sieges in 1465, 1568, 1632, and 1672 from King Stadtholder Willem lll. This was the last destruction of the castle. [ 1 ] The castle was slighted during the Franco-Dutch War , in 1672, by the army of Stadtholder Willem III (the later King of England) to prevent it falling into French hands.
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