French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668)

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The French invasion of Franche-Comté in 1668 was a swift campaign by Louis XIV’s forces that temporarily brought the Spanish-controlled region under French rule during the War of Devolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668) ⓘ
surface form: First French conquest of Franche-Comté
hasBelligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasCategory 17th-century conflicts ⓘ
historical province of Franche-Comté ⓘ
surface form: History of Franche-Comté

Wars involving France ⓘ
Wars involving Spain ⓘ
hasCommander Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne ⓘ
surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ⓘ
surface form: Prince de Condé
hasContext French expansion under Louis XIV ⓘ
hasCountry Kingdom of France ⓘ
hasDate February 1668 ⓘ
March 1668 ⓘ
hasEffect temporary French occupation of Franche-Comté ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasLocation County of Burgundy ⓘ
Franche-Comté ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
hasLongTermConsequence precedent for second French conquest of Franche-Comté (1674–1678) ⓘ
hasMilitaryCharacteristic limited resistance ⓘ
rapid advance ⓘ
hasObjective to seize Franche-Comté from Spanish control ⓘ
hasOpposingForce Spanish Empire ⓘ
hasOutcome Franche-Comté ceded back to Spain in Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) ⓘ
hasPeaceSettlement Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext claims derived from the rights of Maria Theresa of Spain ⓘ
hasPreviousStatusOfRegion Franche-Comté under Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ
hasPrimaryAdversary Spanish governor of Franche-Comté ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent Triple Alliance (1668) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of the Triple Alliance (1668)

War of Devolution ⓘ
hasResult French victory ⓘ
hasSovereignOfAttackingPower Louis XIV of France ⓘ
hasStartTime 1668 ⓘ
hasStrategicAim to pressure Spain in peace negotiations ⓘ
hasTemporalQualifier swift campaign ⓘ
hasTheatre Franco-Spanish War (1667–1668) ⓘ
partOf War of Devolution ⓘ
precededBy French campaign in the Spanish Netherlands (1667) ⓘ
surface form: French offensive in the Spanish Netherlands (1667–1668)

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Devolution War → significantEvent → French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668) ⓘ
French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668) → hasAlternativeName → French invasion of Franche-Comté (1668) ⓘ
this entity surface form: First French conquest of Franche-Comté