✦ History

Nine Years' War

September 1688 – September 1697

Result Peace of Ryswick

Ended by Peace of Ryswick

France and its Jacobite allies fought a Grand Alliance led by the Dutch Republic, England and the Holy Roman Empire across Europe and North America, ending in the Peace of Ryswick.

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Battles 2

April 1688 – September 20, 1697
King William's War Peace of Ryswick; status quo ante bellum Sébastien Rale, Benjamin Church, Louis de Buade de Frontenac
March 12, 1689 – October 3, 1691
Williamite War in Ireland Williamite victory James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, William III of England, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Key commanders

France 9

Louis XIV military commander Louis-François de Boufflers military commander Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme military commander François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy military commander Nicolas Catinat military commander François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois military commander Sébastien Rale military commander Louis de Buade de Frontenac military commander Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville military commander

Dutch Republic 6

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor military commander George Rooke military commander Philips van Almonde military commander William III of England military commander Mary II military commander Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg military commander

Kingdom of England 2

Benjamin Church military commander William Phips military commander

Jacobites 3

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick military commander James II of England military commander Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell military commander