Spain's increased tensions with France make war…

1634 CE

Spain's increased tensions with France make war between the two Catholic states increasingly inevitable, despite fresh Spanish successes in the mid-1630s—in particular, the triumph of Philip's government in raising a fresh Spanish army in northern Italy and marching it into Germany under the leadership of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand to defeat the Swedish-lead Protestant forces at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634.

The scene has been set, Olivares believes, for a renewed attack on the Dutch, but Olivares' strategy ultimately fails due to the entry of France into the war.

His handling of War of the Mantuan Succession, which had started to pitch France against the Habsburgs in northern Italy and will ultimately result in the French invasion of Spain, has been much criticized.

France, seeing the Spanish successes in Germany and the defeat of her Swedish allies by 1634, begins raising the political stakes, taking provocative military action on a small scale.

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Diego Velázquez: Equestrian portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Oil on canvas, 313 x 239 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Diego Velázquez: Equestrian portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Oil on canvas, 313 x 239 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

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Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu View → Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand View → Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares View → Louis XIII of France View → Philip IV of Spain View →

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Mantua, Duchy of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Netherlands, Southern (Spanish) View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View →

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