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OTL, when France entered the Thirty Years War in 1635, it declared both war on the Empire and Spain. The French made peace with the Emperor during the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 but the War with Spain continued to rage on up until 1659.

One of my teachers told us that the Fronde partially explained why the Franco-Spanish War took so long: France experiencing a period of weakness, the Spanish thought they could reverse the situation.

However, what would be the consequences if there had been no Fronde in the first place? How could that affect the Franco-Spanish War?
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