Treaties of Nijmegen
The Netherlands had been attacked by the French army in 1672, known as the "rampjaar", and the ensuing Franco-Dutch War would only be concluded by the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678. "Roi soleil" Louis XIV intended to weaken the anti-French alliance by engaging them on their eastern frontiers: he supported John Sobieski, candidate for the Polish throne, he also supported a contemporary revolt of nobles in Hungary, and aimed at binding the Brandenburgian army in a war with Sweden.