War of the League of Augsburg

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The War of the League of Augsburg was a major late 17th-century conflict in which a European coalition fought to check the expansionist ambitions of Louis XIV’s France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European war
early modern conflict
war
alternateName Nine Years' War
Nine Years' War
surface form: War of the Grand Alliance

War of the League of Augsburg
surface form: War of the Palatine Succession
belligerent Duchy of Lorraine
Duchy of Savoy
Dutch Republic
Electorate of Bavaria
Electorate of Brandenburg
England
Grand Alliance
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Spain
Sweden
cause French claims in the Palatinate
French invasion of the Rhineland
expansionist policies of Louis XIV
commander Victor Amadeus II of Savoy
surface form: Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II

Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV of France (as monarch and overall French authority)

William III of England
surface form: William III of England and stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
conflictType coalition war
dynastic war
dateSigned Treaty of Ryswick
surface form: Treaty of Ryswick, 1697
endCause Treaty of Ryswick
endDate 1697
followedBy War of the Spanish Succession
hasPart colonial warfare
land warfare in Europe
naval warfare
location Atlantic Ocean
Europe
India
North America
notableTheater Flanders campaign of the Nine Years' War
surface form: Flanders campaign

Ireland
King William's War
surface form: North American theater (King William's War)

French invasion of the Rhineland
surface form: Rhine campaign

Scotland
opponent Louis XIV of France
outcome limited territorial gains and losses for belligerents
recognition of William III as king of England by France
restoration of pre-war territorial status in many areas
partOf Louis XIV's wars
precededBy Franco-Dutch War
result Treaty of Ryswick
significance checked French hegemony in Europe
marked the first major pan-European coalition against Louis XIV
startDate 1688
timePeriod late 17th century

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Treaty of Ryswick endedConflict War of the League of Augsburg
Louis the Great associatedWith War of the League of Augsburg
War of the League of Augsburg alternateName War of the League of Augsburg
this entity surface form: War of the Palatine Succession
War of the League of Augsburg in America partOf War of the League of Augsburg
Anglo-Dutch fleet conflict War of the League of Augsburg
Prince Waldeck – Allied army conflict War of the League of Augsburg
Battle of Staffarda partOf War of the League of Augsburg
Flanders campaign of the Nine Years' War partOf War of the League of Augsburg
Italian campaign of the Nine Years' War partOf War of the League of Augsburg
Baden-Durlach hasSignificantEvent War of the League of Augsburg
this entity surface form: War of the Palatine Succession
County Palatine of the Rhine significantConflict War of the League of Augsburg
this entity surface form: War of the Palatine Succession