Franco-Spanish War
War between Bourbon France and Habsburg Spain that shifted the continental balance toward France.
Historical overview
Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.
The Franco-Spanish War, May 1635 to November 1659, was fought between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points. It consists of two distinct phases, the first from May 1635 to October 1648, which is considered a related conflict of the Thirty Years' War, the second continued until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
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Confessional empires and Westphalia
The Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Spain, the Ottoman frontier and Dutch independence wars define a fragmented early-modern map.
Borders are dynastic and imperial rather than nation-state based. The Westphalian settlement formalizes new state autonomy after 1648.Dynastic frontier wars
Bourbon, Habsburg, Ottoman, Qing and Commonwealth frontiers shift through dynastic wars and imperial consolidation.
Ottoman-Habsburg borders move back after Vienna. Qing rule consolidates over China and Taiwan.