24 October 1648
Peace of Westphalia
The regency gains prestige from a favourable peace settlement.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Westphalia in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The regency gains prestige from a favourable peace settlement.
Secures French gains while continuing the separate war against Spain.
France gains influence in Alsace and along the Rhine.
France and Sweden guarantee the peace while France gains rights in Alsace.
Mazarin presents the peace as a favourable settlement for France and a justification for stronger royal authority.
Mazarin secures French gains while continuing war against Spain.
France emerges from the settlement with increased influence on the Rhine.
Napoleon created French client states, which were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig. Some territory is awarded to Russia.
Napoleon not only cemented his control of Central Europe but also had Russia and the truncated Prussia ally with him against his two remaining enemies, Great Britain and Sweden, triggering the Anglo-Russian and Finnish War
The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed with Prussia on 9 July.
The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armee had pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm.
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