Editing War of Devolution (section)

{{Short description|War between France and Spain (1667–1668)}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = War of Devolution
| partof      = the wars of [[Louis XIV]]
| image       = File:LeBrun Louis XIV at Douai in the War of Devolution 1667.jpg
| image_size  = 300px
| caption     = Louis XIV visiting a trench during the war
| date        = 24 May 1667 – 2 May 1668
| place       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Southern Netherlands|Spanish Netherlands]]
* [[County of Burgundy|Franche-Comté]]
* [[Northern Catalonia]]
}}
| territory   = [[Armentières]], [[Bergues]], [[Charleroi]], [[Kortrijk]], [[Douai]], [[Veurne]], [[Lille]], [[Oudenaarde]] and [[Tournai]] to France
| result      = [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)]]
| combatant1  = {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}{{Sfn|Encyclopedia Britannica}}
| combatant2  = {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Spanish Empire]]{{Sfn|Encyclopedia Britannica}}
| commander1  = {{Plainlist|
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Louis XIV]]
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne|Turenne]]
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont|Duc d'Aumont]]
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[François de Créquy|de Créquy]]
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[Louis, Grand Condé|Prince de Condé]]
* {{Flagicon|Kingdom of France}} [[François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]
}}
| commander2  = {{Plainlist|
* {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Francisco de Moura Corte Real, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo|Castelo Rodrigo]]
* {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Comte de Granville|De Marchin]]
* {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Philippe Spinola|Du Bruay]]
* {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} De Yenne
* {{Flagicon|Spain|1506}} Saint Martin
}}
| strength1   = {{circa}} 50,000 {{dubious|date=July 2024}}
| strength2   = 30,000 {{Sfn|Mitchell|2019|p=38}}
| casualties1 = 2,000-4,500
| casualties2 = 2,000–3,000 {{Sfn|Clodfelter|2008|page=46}}
|campaignbox  ={{Campaignbox War of Devolution}}
{{Campaignbox Franco-Spanish wars}}
}}
The '''War of Devolution'''{{efn|{{Langx|fr|Guerre de Dévolution}}, {{Langx|nl|Devolutieoorlog}}}} took place from May 1667 to May 1668. In the course of the war, [[Kingdom of France|France]] occupied large parts of the [[Spanish Netherlands]] and [[County of Burgundy|Franche-Comté]], both then provinces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] ruled by [[Habsburg Spain|Spain]]. Its name derives from an obscure law known as the ''Jus Devolutionis'', used by [[Louis XIV]] to claim that these territories had "devolved" to him by right of marriage to [[Maria Theresa of Spain]].

The French encountered minimal resistance, but Louis returned much of their gains in the May 1668 [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]]. The terms were agreed by [[Emperor Leopold I]] in January 1668, reinforced by the [[Triple Alliance (1668)|Triple Alliance]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] and the [[Dutch Republic]]. 

The French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands marked the end of the long-standing Franco-Dutch alliance, and was the first of Louis XIV's wars of expansion that dominated [[Western Europe]] for the last decades of the 17th century.