The War of The Spanish Succession/Great Northern War

[King Jan III Sobieski]

A commen number for Poland/Saxony I've heard is about 100,000 once they've got thier army mobilized and fully put in the field.

100,000 is also a number I've come across.

[Csargo]

7000 seems a little weak...

[CountArach]

Yah, even my 40 000 seems to be on the slim side...

[CountArach]

A Message to the Kingdom of England and the United Netherlands

Dear King,

You have found yourself in a most unusual and outrageously unnatural situation. You have come into possession of the United Netherlands, a land that has enjoyed its freedom for many years.

With this has come great power and wealth to you. Your naval vessels trade far and wide, reaching both the West and East Indies and even arriving in my own home port of Copenhagen.

Yet with this power comes threats.

All of the great powers of Europe fear for the people of Ireland, who have most recently come under your terrible yoke. You insisted on conquering the several Soverieng nations that made up Ireland. This is a most unfortunate thing.

Now you find yourself with the United Netherlands under your control. With this comes the greratest Navy in the World. This is a threat to all of the Sovereigns in the World! It is a situation that God did not intend, that much everyone must admit.

Further, your heightened wealth could only be put to one use. That is the conquest of all nations of the World, including my people. I have a responsibility to them to ensure that you do not set one foot on Danish soil.

For these aformentioned reasons, Denmark announces that it will put in place an embargo on the English and the UNited Netherlands until England renounces its claim on the throne of the Netherlands. The minute this is announced, English ships will eb able to enter the port of Copenhagen.

I would like to stress that this is not an outright Declaration of War and as such the Nations of Europe have nothing to lose by joining me in my endeavours.

Frederick IV,
King of Denmark and Norway

[Stig]

CA:
Get your history right:
1. Willem III is Dutch to start with, he is not English
2. He claims no throne, both are legally accepted

If you want to go at war with me and Tran you'd better come up with a proper reason

[CountArach]

1. Willem III is Dutch to start with, he is not English

Then the English should get their own King. There is no need to bring the two great naval powers of Europe together at the cost of all others.

2. He claims no throne, both are legally accepted

I relinquish this point, but it changes nothing. The Embargo stands.

[Stig]

Willem III:

As stadhouder of the Republic I can say that your points are missing everything. First of all I'm the legal King of England, I happen to have married an English princess, she became Queen, so they made me King. I am the only legal ruler of both countries accepted by the wide world.
Next to that, you'll be happy to know I'm childless, that means that when I die both countries will need to seek for a new ruler, and I doubt they will choose the same. But I'm not dead yet.

BTW, if you don't want to trade I can easely arrange that your ports are blockaded, no problem whatsoever.