War of Inheritance - War of Inheritance

Japanese: 遺産相続戦争 - いさんそうぞくせんそう
War of Inheritance - War of Inheritance

…the war of 1667-68 in which Louis XIV of France invaded the Spanish Southern Netherlands (Flanders, now Belgium and parts of northern France) to claim sovereignty over the region. It is also called the War of Devolution. France had long advocated the Rhine as a natural border and had sought to annex the region south of the Rhine, but after the death of King Philip IV of Spain (father-in-law of Louis XIV) in September 1665, Louis claimed the region as belonging to his queen, Marie-Thérèse, on the pretext of the ancient customary law of the Southern Netherlands.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Inheritance War" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスのルイ14世が1667‐68年,領有権を主張してスペイン領南ネーデルラント(フランドル。現在のベルギーおよび北フランスの一部)を侵略した戦争。〈遺産帰属戦争(相続戦争)guerre de Dévolution〉ともいう。 フランスはかねてよりライン川〈自然国境〉説を唱え,ライン以南の地域の併合をねらっていたが,1665年9月スペイン国王フェリペ4世(ルイ14世の義父)が没するとルイは南ネーデルラントの古い慣習法を口実にしてその地域がルイの王妃マリー・テレーズに帰属することを主張した。…

※「遺産相続戦争」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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