text: and Lionne, however, made the renunciation conditional on 
  the full payment of a Spanish dowry of 500,000 écus.[40] 
  The dowry was never paid and would later play a part 
  persuading his maternal first cousin Charles II of Spain to 
  leave his empire to Philip, Duke of Anjou (later Philip V of 
  Spain), the grandson of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa. 
  
  The War of Devolution did not focus on the payment of the 
  dowry; rather, the lack of payment was what Louis XIV 
  used as a pretext 
  for nullifying Maria Theresa's 
  renunciation of her claims, allowing the land to "devolve" 
  to him. In Brabant (the location of the land in dispute), 
  children of 
  traditionally were not 
  disadvantaged by their parents' remarriages and still 
  inherited property. Louis's wife was Philip IV's daughter by 
  his first marriage, while the new king of Spain, Charles II, was his son by a subsequent 
  marriage. Thus, Brabant allegedly "devolved" to Maria Theresa, justifying France to attack 
  the Spanish Netherlands. 
  
  Louis XIV in 1670, 
  engraved portrait by Robert 
  Nanteuil 
  first marriages 
  
  The future Philip V being introduced 
  as King of Spain by his grandfather, 
  Louis XIV 