Spain responds in early 1635 to France's…

December 1635 CE

Spain responds in early 1635 to France's increasingly belligerent posturing by intervening against the Elector of Trier, a significant move that effectively forces a French declaration of war.

By this stage, Olivares' advice to the king is that this conflict with France will be for all or nothing: Spain will win or fall by the result.

Nonetheless, French victory is far from certain in the 1630s; Olivares' invasion plan in 1635 involves four different armies and two navies, being described as 'the most ambitious military conception of early modern Europe.'

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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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