The Holy Roman Empire's sudden attack on the Ottomans, rather than focusing on halting Russian expansion in the Balkans, took everyone by surprise. Unable to understand what Emperor Leopold I, the Patriarch of the Habsburg Dynasty, was doing, even Baltasar Charles, the Patriarch of the Spanish Habsburgs, contacted Leopold not as the Emperor of the Spanish Empire but as a cousin to understand what he was thinking.
The sudden action of the Holy Roman Empire was like dropping a wrench in everyone's plans. Unable to understand the Empire's objective or how to adjust their own strategies, constant probes, both covert and open, came from Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, and other nearby nations. However, the ones most affected and concerned by Leopold I's decisions were none other than Charles II Stuart of England, William III of Orange of the Netherlands, and Louis XIV of France.
