War of Devolution
The
War of Devolution (
1667-
68) was a
war, fought between
France and the
Triple Alliance of 1668. The war's name stems from a quote by the French
King Louis XIV, who argued that
territory should "devolve" to him. The justification France gave, for starting the war, is that
Spain owed Louis a
dowry for his
marriage to Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche. During the war, there was
combat in
Flanders and the
Franche-Comté. In the
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), Spain ceded
Lille and France returned control of the Franche-Comté, to Spain.
See also: Dutch War (1672-78)
