EXTERIOR POLICY OF FELIPE IV

 EXTERIOR POLICY OF FELIPE IV


Peace of Westphalia.

The exhaustion of the powers forces to sign a treaty of peace in 1648, in which the independence of the United Provinces (Holland) is recognized, thus believing the Spaniards who would dominate France, Catalonia and Portugal, but they are mistaken, only It is the end of the Thirty Years' War.


In 1652, the royal army took control of Barcelona and ended the revolt in Cataluña. However Felipe IV's troops were defeated by the french army, and Spain was forced to sign a treaty of peace with France, the Treaty of the Pyrenees, in 1659.

The treaty of the Pyrenees had two important consequences:

• France renounced Catalonia but gainned Roussillon and Cerdanya, as well as territories in Flandes.
• A marriage was arranged between Louis XIV, king of France, and Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and the daughter of Felipe IV, king of Spain

SHE IS MARIA THERESA OF AUSTRIA THE WIFE OF LOUIS XIV

HE IS LOUIS XIV, KING OF FRANCE