Triple Alliance

…startling reversal of the Protestant Triple Alliance (England, the Dutch United Provinces, Sweden) of 1668. By the terms of the so-called Secret Treaty of Dover of May 1670, not only did England and France join in an offensive alliance against the Dutch, but Charles promised to announce his conversion to…

…was the conclusion of the Triple Alliance (Jan. 17, 1668) between the Dutch Republic, England, and Sweden, which checked the attempt of Louis XIV of France to take possession of the Spanish Netherlands in the name of his wife, the infanta Maria Theresa.

…England turned instead to an alliance with the Dutch and with Sweden. These allies sought to contain the French advance by persuading Spain to agree to moderate terms and by supporting Spain in war if this proved of no avail. The settlement envisaged was much the same as that on…

… frightened the Dutch into the Triple Alliance with England and Sweden, which led to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668). Then, in the Dutch War that followed shortly afterward (1672–78), Louis intended to warn the Dutch that France was a serious commercial competitor and to force the Dutch to give him…

…Hague, and Bennet negotiated the Triple Alliance between England, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and Sweden. In spite of this, England declared war on the Dutch in 1672; he negotiated the treaty ending the Dutch War (1674), and in 1677 he and the King’s chief minister, Thomas Osborne, earl…