The Peace of Westphalia (German: Westfälischer Friede, pronounced [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃɐ ˈfʁiːdə] ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October...

Westphalia (/wɛstˈfeɪliə/; German: Westfalen [vɛstˈfaːlən]; Low German: Westfalen [vεs(t)ˈfɔːln]) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three...

developed in Europe after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, based on the state theory of Jean Bodin and the natural law teachings of Hugo Grotius. It underlies...

North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants...

1648 Peace of Westphalia, the terms of which included greater autonomy within the empire for states like Bavaria and Saxony, as well as acceptance of Dutch...

Catholicism as the official confession of their state. Calvinism was not allowed until the Peace of Westphalia. The Peace of Augsburg has been described as "the...

coast of West Africa as well, but these were not designed for Swedish settlers. At the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War, the Peace of Westphalia in 1648...

Barring the loss of Franche-Comté in 1678, the external borders of the Empire did not change noticeably from the Peace of Westphalia – which acknowledged...

Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where the Peace of Westphalia was signed. Münster or Muenster may also refer to: Münster, Tyrol, a town in the district of Kufstein...

part of, the Peace of Westphalia, is a key event in Dutch history, marking the formal recognition of the independent Dutch Republic and the end of the...

which negotiated a separate peace with Spain in 1648. In 1648, Anne and Mazarin successfully negotiated the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years'...

are often marked by grand peace settlements, such as the earlier mentioned treaties of Westphalia (1645–48), the treaties of Ryswick and Utrecht (1697/1714)...

By the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648, Brandenburg also gained the Bishopric of Minden and Principality of Halberstadt...

Roman Empire was formally recognised in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Switzerland has maintained a policy of armed neutrality since the 16th century and...

the service of the Habsburgs, he excelled in the peace negotiations at the end of the Thirty Years' War, resulting in the Peace of Westphalia. Later in...

Wildeshausen. All of them were ceded to Hanover in the peace treaty of 1719. By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Sweden received Swedish Pomerania, situated...

the Peace of Westphalia, he was responsible for shifting the postal service from Innsbruck to Brussels back to its traditional route. The counts of Taxis...

independence from the federal assembly, known as the States General. In the Peace of Westphalia (1648), the republic gained approximately 20% more territory, located...

Fronde revolt in France in 1648. During the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, France gained the Sundgau and cut off Spanish access to...

of France, plus his allies, and, on the other hand, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his allies. The treaty was part of the Peace of Westphalia,...

University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-18017-5. OCLC 781301164. Gross, Leo (January 1948). "The Peace of Westphalia" (PDF). The American Journal of International...

a city in the northern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Münster is a major university town and was the location of several significant historical...

are 17th-century churches, named after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. The treaty granted the Lutherans of Silesia to build three churches from wood,...

determined to be Lutherans of the ordinary sort. He expelled them anyway, which was technically legal under the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. In February 1732, King...

electoral dignity of his Wittelsbach cousin, the "Winter King" Frederick V. The 1648 Peace of Westphalia affirmed his possession of Upper Palatinate and...

part of the broader Thirty Years' War. An end was reached in 1648 with the Peace of Münster (a treaty that was part of the Peace of Westphalia), when...

the Catholic Habsburg monarchy. The wars were largely ended by the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which established a new political order that is now known...

The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled...

Germany, in recognition of the Peace of Westphalia negotiated there Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, sometimes known as the "city of peace" due to the many diplomatic...

and territory of the Upper Palatinate was conferred upon his loyal cousin, Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria. Although the Peace of Westphalia would create...