Operations are suspended in winter, and in…
January 1668 CE
Operations are suspended in winter, and in this time, decisive shifts occur in European politics.
Spain attempts to put itself in a more advantageous position.
First, the Spanish government asks the United Provinces for help.
Above all, the Marquis de Castel-Rodrigo asks for financial support (two million guilders); in return, he offers to hand over the customs revenue of the trade on the Maas and the Scheldt to the United Provinces.
The relinquishment of Bruges, Ostend and Damme is also discussed.
De Witt, however, does not want to risk a direct confrontation with France and does not take up this offer of an alliance.
People
Groups
Flanders, County of
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Franche-Comté (province of the Spanish Empire)
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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
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Netherlands, Southern (Spanish)
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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
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Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
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Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
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