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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. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, [a] Father Baudoin's War, [3] Castin's War, [4] or the First Intercolonial War in French [5]) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg.
The Grand Alliance, sometimes erroneously referred to as its precursor the League of Augsburg, [b] was formed on 20 December 1689. Signed by William III on behalf of the Dutch Republic and England, and Emperor Leopold I for the Habsburg Monarchy, its primary purpose was to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV of France.
The Battle of Staffarda took place on 18 August 1690 during the Nine Years' War in Piedmont, Northern Italy.The engagement was the first major battle of the Nine Years' War in Italy since Victor Amadeus II of Savoy joined the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France earlier that year.
Since the outbreak of the Nine Years' War in 1689, the French generally held the advantage in the Spanish Netherlands, but failed to achieve a decisive victory or divide the Grand Alliance. By 1693, the strategic situation seemed to be moving in favour of the Allies. [15]
During the Nine Years' War in 1690, Savoy joined the Grand Alliance before agreeing to a separate peace with France in 1696. The accession of Philip V in 1701 led to a reversal of long-standing strategic policy, with France now supporting the Spanish position in Lombardy, rather than seeking to weaken it, and Austria doing the opposite.
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Grand Alliance (Philippines), a historical political coalition in the Philippines led by the Progressive Party; Grand Alliance (World War II), an alliance of the US, UK, and Soviet Union against Nazi Germany during World War II; Grand Alliance for Democracy, a coalition of political parties in the Philippines, led by the Nacionalista Party