The Sponheim lordship began to come to an end in 1687 as many parts of the Rhine's left bank were being occupied by King Louis XIV's troops in the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession).
The Sponheim domain started to decline in 1687 as parts of the Rhine's left bank were being occupied by King Louis XIV's troops during the Nine Years' War (also known as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession).