Did Spain win the Thirty Years War?

Answer 1

Divided into two parts

Hapsburg's Triumphs

-Austria, Spain (Hapsburg army) crushed the troops haired by Protestant kings

Hapsburg's Defeats

-Sweden vs Austria and Spain (Hapsburg army)

Answer 2

Well, there wasn't really a whole "I won, You lost" result of the war. The Treaty of Westphalia, the treaty that ended the way, has been called the treaty of "Exhaustion" since the nations could no longer fight each other. So no one really lost or won, but if you want to get into the technicalities of it. then Sweden and France won (Sweden being the chief beneficiary of the treaty) as they gained land and left the Holy Roman Empire fragmented again. The reason I say that one won is because no one surrendered. They all just created a peace treaty and Germany had the least amount of leverage.

Answer 3

The results of the Thirty Years War were complex, with many participants both winning and loosing points. Spain can probably be said to have had a net loss, as the war resulted or permitted establishment of a separate dynasty in Portugal and the independence of the Spanish Netherlands. The War also made the overall decline in Spanish power clearly visible.

Answer 4

It began as a religious war between Catholic and Protestant Christians, but it became a national war with several European nations involved. France, a Catholic country, eventually sided with the Protestants.

Answer 5

The Protestant side, backed by France and Sweden. France came out the clear winner.