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Conflict Europe

Franco-Spanish War

1635 CE – 1659 CE · 24 years

France entered the Thirty Years' War against Spain, and fighting continued for a decade after the Peace of Westphalia. The Treaty of the Pyrenees marked Spain's decline and France's emergence as Europe's dominant power.

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Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) on Wikipedia.

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kingdom of France
  • Spanish Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Franco-Spanish War.

  1. 1643 Battle of Rocroi
  2. 1658 Battle of the Dunes
  3. 1648 Battle of Lens

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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