Westphalian peace congress

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The Westphalian peace congress was the series of diplomatic negotiations held in 1640s Münster and Osnabrück that produced the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War and reshaping the political order of Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aim negotiate an end to the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
settle territorial and religious disputes in Europe ⓘ
chronology took place during the 1640s ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
describedBySource early modern European diplomatic history ⓘ
endTime 1648 ⓘ
facetOf Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
hasEffect codification of a new system of interstate relations in Europe ⓘ
end of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
recognition of state sovereignty principles ⓘ
reconfiguration of the political order of Europe ⓘ
territorial adjustments in Europe ⓘ
hasPart negotiations in Münster ⓘ
negotiations in Osnabrück ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Münster ⓘ
Osnabrück ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
present-day Germany ⓘ
mainSubject Thirty Years' War ⓘ
participant Dutch Republic ⓘ
Electorate of Brandenburg ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
Spanish Monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy

various German principalities ⓘ
result Peace of Münster ⓘ
Peace of Osnabrück ⓘ
enhanced international status of France ⓘ
enhanced international status of Sweden ⓘ
formal recognition of Dutch independence from Spain ⓘ
strengthening of the autonomy of German princes ⓘ
weakening of Habsburg central authority in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
significantEvent Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
significantOutcome confirmation of the legal status of Calvinism in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
recognition of the principle of cuius regio, eius religio in the Empire ⓘ
startTime 1643 ⓘ
temporalCoverage mid-17th century ⓘ

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Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → isPrecededBy → Westphalian peace negotiations ⓘ
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Historic Town Hall of Münster → significantEvent → Peace of Westphalia negotiations ⓘ
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Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis → signedDuring → Westphalian peace congress ⓘ
Friedenssaal → eventLocation → Peace of Westphalia negotiations ⓘ
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Duke of Longueville → linkedToEvent → Peace of Westphalia negotiations via Henri II d’Orléans-Longueville ⓘ
linked to: Westphalian peace congress