This agreement effectively aimed to restore the status quo under the Treaties of Nijmegen, which had been signed nearly two decades earlier.
This agreement effectively aimed to restore the status quo under the Treaties of Nijmegen, which had been signed nearly two decades earlier. Courtrai, Mons, and Luxembourg were all returned to Spain [*], as was Catalonia. The acquisitions of Pondicherry, Nova Scotia, and Saint-Dominique offset the cessions of France, who had to give possession of Lorraine to Leopold Joseph. A formal protest to this treaty was personally written by James II, who objected to its provision that Louis IV formally recognize William III as king of England. FTP, name this treaty that ended the War of the League of Augsburg.
This agreement effectively aimed to restore the status quo under the Treaties of Nijmegen, which had been signed nearly two decades earlier.
Treaty of {Ryswick}