Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
The Franco-Spanish War was fought from 1635 to 1659 between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points. The first phase, beginning in May 1635 and ending with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, is considered a related conflict of the Thirty Years' War. The second phase continued until 1659, when France and Spain agreed to peace terms in the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
Louis XIII, French ruler from 1610 to 1643
Philip IV of Spain, ruler from 1621 to 1665
Maria Theresa of Spain, whose marriage to Louis XIV was part of the peace negotiations
The Battle of Rocroi (1643) is often seen as the end of the battlefield supremacy of the tercios.
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe since the High Middle Ages. It was also an early colonial power, with colonies in Asia and Africa, and the largest being New France in North America centred around the Great Lakes.
Louis XIV, a 1701 portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud
The provinces of the Kingdom of France in 1789
An 1841 portrait of Louis Philippe I by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
The Reims Cathedral, built where Clovis I was baptised by Remigius, functioned as the site for the coronations of the kings of France in the kingdom
