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Peace of Westphalia

Germany · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

21Records
1648Date range
15Named people
19Places

Chronological records

1648

Adolf Frederick I24 October 1648

Mecklenburg · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Receives restoration while Sweden gains nearby imperial territory.

Amalie Elisabeth24 October 1648

Germany · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Receives compensation after sustained Protestant warfare.

Amalie Elisabeth24 October 1648

Hersfeld · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Gains Hersfeld as part of Hesse-Kassel's compensation.

Amalie Elisabeth24 October 1648

Schaumburg · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Gains parts of Schaumburg in the postwar settlement.

Ferdinand Bavaria24 October 1648

Cologne · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Maintains the Catholic ecclesiastical electorate within the settlement.

Charles Louis24 October 1648

Lower Palatinate · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Recovers the Lower Palatinate and receives a restored electoral title.

Eberhard III24 October 1648

Wurttemberg · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Restores Wurttemberg lands after years of imperial and wartime losses.

Ferdinand III24 October 1648

Bohemia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Habsburg control in Bohemia remains intact after the settlement.

Frederick V24 October 1648

Palatinate · Warfare / Thirty Years War

His heirs regain part of the Palatinate after the war begun by his Bohemian claim.

Frederick William Hohenzollern24 October 1648

Farther Pomerania · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Receives Farther Pomerania after compromise with Sweden.

Frederick William Hohenzollern24 October 1648

Halberstadt · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Receives Halberstadt as compensation for lost Pomeranian claims.

Frederick William Hohenzollern24 October 1648

Minden · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Receives Minden as part of postwar compensation.

Frederick William Hohenzollern24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Gains compensation that strengthens Brandenburg after the war.

John George I24 October 1648

Saxony · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Saxony's possessions are confirmed but Brandenburg gains influence.

Johann Krane24 October 1648

Osnabruck · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Works on imperial legal terms at Osnabruck.

Maximilian I24 October 1648

Bavaria · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Keeps the electoral dignity gained during the war.

Maximilian I24 October 1648

Upper Palatinate · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Retains the Upper Palatinate in the peace settlement.

Hugo Eberhard Scharfenstein24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Represents Mainz among Catholic estates willing to compromise.

Johann Philipp Schonborn24 October 1648

Mainz · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Supports compromise intended to stabilise the Empire after the war.

Philipp Christoph Sotern24 October 1648

Trier · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Trier's position is confirmed after years of French and imperial pressure.

Franz Wilhelm Wartenberg24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Represents hardline Catholic interests during the negotiations.

Names involved

Adolf Frederick IAmalie ElisabethCharles LouisEberhard IIIFerdinand BavariaFerdinand IIIFranz Wilhelm WartenbergFrederick VFrederick William HohenzollernHugo Eberhard ScharfensteinJohann KraneJohann Philipp SchonbornJohn George IMaximilian IPhilipp Christoph Sotern

Provenance

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