Supporting an heir is an action that can be initiated on nations with an elective monarchy (which can only be gained by event for Poland and the Commonwealth, or by using a custom nation).
[77], The new regime in The Hague felt differently, however. Close. Anjou himself concentrated his French troops in the south, unable to staunch Parma's inexorable advance. Frederick Henry therefore concentrated a huge force to besiege the fortress even during the winter months of 1635.

Nevertheless, Rennenberg's "treason" posed a severe strategic threat for the Union, especially after Parma sent him reinforcements in June. Yet at the same time the Republic had no other option than to sustain the imploding German Protestant forces financially.

There are numerous causes that led to the Eighty Years' War but the primary reasons could be classified into two: resentment towards the Spanish authority and religious tension. Olivares therefore decided to send 20,000 troops by sea from Spain in a large armada. They will also seek access if they need to travel through a nation to fight in a war. The nation giving the map will receive 10. you can form alliances as soon as your declare independence, depending on your reputation, they may, or may not join in. The overseas war was not affected by it. While a transfer of trade power is active, the two nations involved cannot declare war on each other, but unlike transfer trade power, there is no relations bonus. She hoped that the pressure on this strategic point, and the threat of unhindered invasion of Gelderland and Utrecht, would force the Republic to give in. Transfer a specified amount of money each month to the target country for a certain duration. This results in -1 stability and -1 prestige. They do occasionally win, but it's rare. Acceptance will raise the target country's opinion of the requester by +10. The advantage of an independence war is that you can get some provinces out of it. This is the trigger for the Dutch revolts.

The Spanish river blockade had ended in 1629. This makes it possible to get friends, allies, and subjects, as well as other non-rival countries to pay for upgrading the player nation's vessels when new models become available through advances in diplomatic technology.

Independence war - how to get help from other countries. Threaten war is a diplomatic action which lets a nation demand a province that it has a claim or core on. Secret negotiations proved abortive because Spain insisted on two points that were nonnegotiable to the Dutch: recognition of the sovereignty of the Archdukes (though they were ready to accept Maurice as their stadtholder in the Dutch provinces) and freedom of worship for Catholics in the north. When Dutch troops surprised the Spanish fortress of Wesel, which acted as the principal Spanish supply base, this forced the invaders to retreat to the IJssel. Henceforth there would be increasing attempts by Spain to commence peace negotiations. Spanish troops meanwhile defeated a mercenary force led by Orange's brothers Louis and Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg in the Mookerheyde.