HSTR 342A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cardinal Richelieu, Spanish Empire, Poster Child
13 Oct 2018
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International relations in the era of louis xiv. New territory = new resources, new taxable populace. All royal families in europe related in some way, so at least 10 potential claimants. Louis xiv and leopold i (holy roman emperor) have the strongest claims: they had spanish hapsburg princesses as mothers and wives. Title = justification: passing of property from one to another through hereditary succession. Argues parts of the pa(cid:374)ish e(cid:373)pire (cid:894) pa(cid:374)ish netherla(cid:374)ds(cid:895) should ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) i(cid:374)herited (cid:271)(cid:455) louis"s wife when the last king died because she was a first wife. Army of 20,000 to invade and take them over: spain is busy because portugal is revolting, goes well at first because nobody is paying attention. Other european powers worried about french aggression (england, dutch republic, sweden: triple alliance. Louis backs do(cid:449)(cid:374), does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to fight all 4. Treaty of aix-la-chapelle: luois backs off on some claims, gets some land in spanish netherlands.
