text: **Peace of Ryswick**
  
  The Peace of Ryswick ended the War of the League of Augsburg and disbanded the Grand Alliance. By manipulating their 
  rivalries and suspicions, Louis divided his enemies and broke their power. 
  
  The treaty yielded many benefits for France. Louis secured permanent French sovereignty over all of Alsace, including 
  Strasbourg, and established the Rhine as the Franco-German border (as it is to this day). Pondichéry and Acadia were returned to 
  France, and Louis's*de facto*possession of Saint-Domingue was recognised as lawful. However, he returned Catalonia and most of 
  the Reunions. 