Chambers of Reunion
The Chambers of Reunion (Chambres des Réunions) were French courts established by King
Louis based his claims on ancient, often long-forgotten, rights to the dependent territories stemming from the Middle Ages. He thus took advantage of the formal content of his alliance treaties with the German princes by claiming their land. Although there was no legal claim to it at all, Louis took Strasbourg as well as Casale. Louis also took most of what is now Luxembourg during the War of the Reunions, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire, while it was distracted by an ongoing war with the Ottoman Empire.
The conflicts caused by the Reunion policy ultimately led to the Truce of Ratisbon in which Louis was allowed to keep most gains, partly because of the distraction of other countries and partly by bribes, including payoffs to the German princes and Charles II of England.
Louis's hostile policy antagonized much of the rest of Europe, resulting in the
References
- Lynn, J.A. (2013). The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714. Modern Wars In Perspective. Taylor & Francis. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-317-89951-8. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
See also
- Early modern France
- Territorial evolution of France#The wars of the 17th_century