Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France

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international treaty peace treaty

The Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France was one of the key peace agreements of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years' War and significantly reshaped the political and territorial order of Central Europe.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück	2
Franco-Imperial Treaty of Münster	1
Peace of Münster (Empire–France)	1
Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France canonical	1
Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic	1
Treaty of Westphalia (Treaty of Münster)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France
Context triple: [Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic, relatedTo, Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France]

A. Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic
The Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic was the 1648 agreement that ended the Eighty Years' War and formally recognized Dutch independence from Spanish rule.
B. Treaty of Osnabrück
The Treaty of Osnabrück was one of the key peace agreements of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, helping to end the Thirty Years' War and reshape the political and religious order of central Europe.
C. Treaty of Ryswick
The Treaty of Ryswick was a series of peace agreements signed in 1697 that ended the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, reshaping the balance of power in late 17th-century Europe.
D. Treaty of Nijmegen
The Treaty of Nijmegen was a series of peace agreements signed in 1678–1679 that ended various interconnected European conflicts of the 1670s, notably reshaping territorial boundaries in favor of France and altering the balance of power on the continent.
E. Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France
Target entity description: The Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France was one of the key peace agreements of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years' War and significantly reshaped the political and territorial order of Central Europe.

A. Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic
The Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic was the 1648 agreement that ended the Eighty Years' War and formally recognized Dutch independence from Spanish rule.
B. Treaty of Osnabrück
The Treaty of Osnabrück was one of the key peace agreements of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, helping to end the Thirty Years' War and reshape the political and religious order of central Europe.
C. Treaty of Ryswick
The Treaty of Ryswick was a series of peace agreements signed in 1697 that ended the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, reshaping the balance of power in late 17th-century Europe.
D. Treaty of Nijmegen
The Treaty of Nijmegen was a series of peace agreements signed in 1678–1679 that ended various interconnected European conflicts of the 1670s, notably reshaping territorial boundaries in favor of France and altering the balance of power on the continent.
E. Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Alsace ⓘ Breisach am Rhein ⓘ surface form: Breisach Haut-Rhin ⓘ surface form: Sundgau
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ surface form: Franco-Imperial Treaty of Münster Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ surface form: Peace of Münster (Empire–France)
appliesTo	Franco-Imperial relations ⓘ Imperial Constitution ⓘ surface form: Imperial constitutional order
confirmedStatusOf	Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
conflictEnded	Thirty Years' War ⓘ
countrySignatory	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
diplomaticVenueSharedWith	Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic
grantedTerritoryTo	Kingdom of France ⓘ
hasConsequence	formal peace between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ recognition of French territorial gains in the Empire ⓘ weakening of Imperial central authority ⓘ
hasGenre	diplomatic instrument ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later European international law traditions ⓘ
hasLanguage	French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect	consolidation of territorial fragmentation of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ decline of Habsburg influence in the Empire ⓘ development of state sovereignty principles ⓘ rise of France as a great power ⓘ
hasRegion	Central Europe ⓘ
hasRoleIn	reshaping political order of Central Europe ⓘ reshaping territorial order of Central Europe ⓘ
hasSubject	religious and political settlement in the Empire ⓘ rights and privileges of Imperial Estates ⓘ territorial cessions to France ⓘ
isComponentOf	Peace of Westphalia ⓘ surface form: Westphalian settlement
isKeyElementOf	European balance of power in the 17th century ⓘ
isPrecededBy	Westphalian peace congress ⓘ surface form: Westphalian peace negotiations
isRelatedTo	Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic ⓘ Treaty of Osnabrück ⓘ
legalStatus	binding international agreement ⓘ
limitedAuthorityOf	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
negotiatedDuring	Westphalian peace congress ⓘ
partOf	Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
partOfConflictSettlement	Thirty Years' War ⓘ
signedIn	Münster ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
strengthenedPositionOf	France in Europe ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic → relatedTo → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ

Westphalia → knownFor → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück

Treaties of the Kingdom of France → hasPart → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Westphalia (Treaty of Münster)

Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franco-Imperial Treaty of Münster

Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Münster (Empire–France)

Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → diplomaticVenueSharedWith → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic

European state system → consolidatedBy → Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ⓘ