The war of devolution, Louis XIV invaded the Spanish Netherlands after his wife's dad The king of Spain died without paying Louis the wedding dowry, a dowry coincidently made very high by the French since if the Spain paid it Louis wife forfeited her claim in Spain.
Fearing a border with france the Dutch along with the English and swedes formed a pact, forcing France to except a small peace or face intervention. Louis backed down and only got small towns and castles along his border with the Spanish Netherlands.
Since the dowry was not paid, it meant that Louis descendent had a claim on the Spanish crown, which they successfully gained after Louis XIV's wife's younger brother died.
Correct, and to add on the above. Louis XIV was formost in search of "Glory".
The diplomatic opposition against Louis XIV, which was organized by Johan de Witt deprived Louis XIV of his "Glory". Since Johan de Witt was the genius of this opposition the grunt of Louis become also personel.
The French military campaign in the Spanish Netherlands was well planned and prepared, the invasion went nearly as a clock work. As a bonus an other French army invaded Loraine, were the French amry nearly was welcomed as liberators, as acording to contemporare accaounts.
Louis XIV did offer a parttition to Johan de Witt how ever this was not even fraction of the earlier partittion plans form the 30ties.
The Dutch Republic showed extremly poor performance on land against the troops of the Prince Bishop of Munster, which invade the Dutch Republic, in concert whit the 2nd Angl-Dutch war.