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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.
English or Palatinate War of Succession, or Nine Years' War (1688–1697), after the Glorious Revolution, and with the death of elector Charles II of the Palatinate as the indirect cause The Jacobite risings (1688–1746) that tried to undo the Glorious Revolution (partially caused by the birth of James Francis Edward Stuart ), also called the ...
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.
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.. Note: Wars of succession in transcontinental states are mentioned under the continents where their capital city was located.
1623: Electoral title and Upper Palatinate to Bavaria; Parkstein, Peilstein and Weiden to Palatinate-Neuburg 1648: Restored in the Lower Palatinate with new Electoral title 1685: Inherited by Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg; War of the Palatinian Succession 1697: Acquired Megen 1742: Inherited by Palatinate-Sulzbach 1777: In personal union with ...
A war of succession is a war prompted by a succession crisis in which two or more individuals claim the right of successor to a deceased or deposed monarch. The rivals are typically supported by factions within the royal court. Foreign powers sometimes intervene, allying themselves with a faction. This may widen the war into one between those ...
The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created in 1505 as the result of the Landshut War of Succession and existed until 1799 or 1808. After the so-called Kölner Spruch (Verdict of Cologne) the duchy was created from the territories north of the Danube for Otto Henry and Philipp, the sons of Ruprecht of the Palatinate.
War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614) 1609–1610: Holy Roman Empire Principality of Strasbourg Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League: 1609–1610: Margraviate of Brandenburg Palatinate-Neuburg United Provinces Kingdom of France Protestant Union: Treaty of Xanten: Rudolph II. Matthias. War of the Montferrat Succession: Supporting the ...