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War of the Grand Alliance

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97, war between France and a coalition of European powers, known as the League of Augsburg (and, after 1689, as the Grand Alliance). Louis XIV of France took advantage of the absence of Emperor Leopold I on a campaign against the Turks and of the promised support of James II of England to invade the empire and devastate (1689) the Palatinate. The revolution in England overthrew James, and William, prince of Orange, became William III of England (1688-89). In an attempt to keep William from leading troops to the Continent, Louis supported a counterrevolution... Read more
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