The Dutch Wars of Royalty

The Dutch wars of Royalty(November 1890 - June 1893) Was a War between The Netherlands, Belgium, France & the U.S.A against Luxembourg & Germany but mainly Luxembourg. The War was fought Because Luxembourg shared Monarch with The Netherlands. When King William III died in November 1890, His daughter Wilhelmina was next in Line of succesion. Luxembourg didn't allow woman on the throne and thus, declared war.

1890

On November 27, Days after Wilhelmina took the Dutch throne, Luxembourg declared war. Luxembourg requested Belgium to pass 500,000 troups through to get to the Dutch. Belgium Refused and declared war on Luxembourg and so, The Dutch & Belgians allied. The 1st major battle of the war was the battle of Stavelot which started on December 15. The Battle took the lives of about 145,000 soldiers of all sides. The Battle ended on December 29.

1891

On January 19, The Luxembourgish Pushed to the Doorsteps of Liege and thus, The Battle of Liege began with the now Luxembourgish allied Germany in the war. Later in March, The Dutch and Belgian troops started to Battle of Beringen to draw the enemy's attention away from Liege. In September, Both battles still raged on. Then, in German territory, Dutch troops started the Battle of Aken. The Germans & Luxembourgish had a plan: The Incircklement plans. If all 3 battles endedin their fevor they could surround the Dutch city of Maastricht. On October 7, The "Axis"(Germany & Luxembourg) won the battle of Liege where about 322,000 soldiers collectively lost their lives. On October 28, They also won The Battle of Beringen with collectively the loss of about 278,000 troops. The Battle of Aken went on.

1892

On January 13, The "Axis" Won the Battle of Aken with collectively the loss of about 290,000 troops. On January 23, Southern Limburg(A Dutch Province) fell. this included Maastricht, a important city to the Dutch. On April 20, The "Allies"(Netherlands & Belgium) Send a call for help to the French. France had heard of the situation but decided to stay neutral. When it got the call for Help on April 22 it decided to Intervene and stop Germany and Luxembourg. The French aided to Dutch and Belgians at the Battle of Helmond(June 5 - October 30). The "Axis at the end of the year had pushed to the city of Nijmegen

1893

On January 6, The U.S.A made it clear to Germany and Luxembourg that if it even tried to take to Dutch city of Arnhem they would Intervene. And so the Americans Intevened. With the Americans and French now in the War, It was very clear who would win at this point. The "Allies" Managed to push into Luxembourg city on June 15 and after that, Luxembourg & Germany surrenderd. On June 24, The Treaty of Zoetermeer decided the peace terms. It stated that Luxembourg and Germany could not declare war for 15 years, They calm down & Luxembourg becomes an fully independent state.