The Nine Years' War (1688–97), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the League of Augsburg, formerly the War of the Palatine Succession or the War of the English Succession, and also the Williamite War (Ireland) and King William's War (North America) – was fought in the late 17th century primarily on mainland Europe but also in Ireland and North America, with the Kingdom of France under Louis XIV of France, and allied Irish Jac...
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The Nine Years' War (1688–97), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the League of Augsburg, formerly the War of the Palatine Succession or the War of the English Succession, and also the Williamite War (Ireland) and King William's War (North America) – was fought in the late 17th century primarily on mainland Europe but also in Ireland and North America, with the Kingdom of France under Louis XIV of France, and allied Irish Jacobites, against a "Grand Alliance" led principally by the Anglo-Dutch Stadtholder-King William III, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, King Charles II of Spain, and Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy.
In 1678, Louis XIV of France had emerged from the Franco-Dutch War as the most powerful monarch in Western Europe. Although he had expanded his realm, the "Sun King" remained unsatisfied. Using a combination of aggression, annexation, and quasi-legal means Louis and his ministers immediately set about consolidating and extending his gains in order to...
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