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By 1678, Louis sought peace with the Dutch Republic.

Even so, tensions remained: William remained very suspicious of Louis, thinking the French king desired " Universal Kingship " over Europe ; Louis described William as " my mortal enemy " and saw him as an obnoxious warmonger.

France's small annexations in Germany ( the Réunion policy ) and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, caused a surge of Huguenot refugees to the Republic.

This led William III to join various anti-French alliances, such as the Association League, and ultimately the League of Augsburg ( an anti-French coalition that also included the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Spain and several German states ) in 1686.