Franco-Swedish phase

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The Franco-Swedish phase was the final stage of the Thirty Years' War, marked by France and Sweden's intensified military campaigns against the Habsburgs that shifted the conflict's focus toward political and territorial dominance in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
phase of war
concludedBy Peace of Westphalia
conflictWith Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire
followedBy Peace of Westphalia
hasCause French opposition to Habsburg encirclement
Swedish interest in Baltic dominance
struggle for European political and territorial dominance
hasEndTime 1648
hasHistoricalSignificance contributed to the emergence of the Westphalian state system
marked the final military stage of the Thirty Years' War
hasKeyEvent Battle of Jankau
Battle of Lens
Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
Battle of Rocroi
French campaigns in Alsace
French campaign in the Spanish Netherlands (1667)
surface form: French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands

Siege of Brisach
Swedish campaigns in Germany
hasMainBelligerent France
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Austria

Spain
Sweden
hasOutcome strengthening of France as a great power
territorial gains for Sweden in the Holy Roman Empire
weakening of Habsburg power in Europe
hasParticipant Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Sweden
Spanish Empire
hasPoliticalNature shift from religious to dynastic and territorial conflict
hasPrimaryObjective containment of Habsburg power
territorial and political gains for Sweden in the Empire
territorial expansion of France
hasStartTime 1635
hasTheaterOfWar Alsace
Central Europe
German states
Northern Italy
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
involvesDiplomacy negotiations leading to the Peace of Westphalia
partOf Thirty Years' War
precededBy Swedish phase of the Thirty Years' War

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Thirty Years' War hasPart Franco-Swedish phase
Dano-Swedish conflicts of the late 17th century belligerentAlliance Franco-Swedish phase
this entity surface form: Sweden aligned with France in parts of the conflicts