The Franco-Dutch War, 1672–1678, of which the Third Anglo-Dutch War was a part.
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The wars had their roots in the Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry, although the last of the three wars was a wider conflict in which French interests played a primary role.
When Dutch peace proposals made at this juncture were spurned by the French, a revolution broke out, and William of Orange (later William III of England) took over Dutch leadership from the ill-fated Jan de Witt (July, 1672).
Maastricht was ceded to the Dutch and a trade treaty modified the French restrictive tariffs in favor of the Dutch.
The DutchWar (1672–1678) was a war fought between France and a quadruple alliance consisting of Brandenburg, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and the United Provinces.
Louis XIV was annoyed by the Dutch refusal to cooperate in the destruction and division of the Spanish Netherlands.
Nevertheless the Dutch had thwarted the ambitions of two of the major royal dynasties of the time: the Stuarts and the Bourbons.
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