Peace of Westphalia
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The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
Aliases (9)
- Treaty of Westphalia ×5
- negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia ×2
- Peace of Westphalia 1648 ×1
- Treaty of Münster ×1
- Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France ×1
- Treaty of Osnabrück ×1
- Treaty of Osnabrück between the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden ×1
- Westphalian peace ×1
- Westphalian system ×1
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
→
peace treaty → series of treaties → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peace of Westphalia
→
surface form: "Westphalian peace"
|
| concludedIn | 1648 → |
| confirmedRightsOf |
Lutherans in the Holy Roman Empire
→
Roman Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire → |
| consideredFoundationOf | modern system of sovereign nation-states → |
| countryInvolved |
Bavaria
→
Prussia →
surface form: "Brandenburg-Prussia"
Dutch Republic → France → Holy Roman Empire → Saxony → Spain → Sweden → Various Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire → |
| ended |
Eighty Years' War
→
Thirty Years' War → |
| establishedPrinciple |
cuius regio, eius religio
→
legal equality of states → non-intervention in internal affairs of states → state sovereignty → territorial integrity of states → |
| extendedReligiousRightsTo |
Calvinism
→
surface form: "Calvinists in the Holy Roman Empire"
|
| fieldOfStudy |
diplomatic history
→
international relations → |
| grantedTerritoryTo |
Prussia
→
surface form: "Brandenburg-Prussia"
France → Sweden → |
| hasPart |
Peace of Westphalia
→
surface form: "Treaty of Münster"
Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic → Peace of Westphalia →
surface form: "Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France"
Peace of Westphalia →
surface form: "Treaty of Osnabrück"
Peace of Westphalia →
surface form: "Treaty of Osnabrück between the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden"
|
| increasedAutonomyOf | Imperial Estates → |
| influenced |
concept of Westphalian sovereignty
→
development of international law → |
| languageUsed |
French
→
German → Latin → |
| limitedPowerOf | Holy Roman Emperor → |
| locationCountry | Holy Roman Empire → |
| locationPresentDayCountry | Germany → |
| negotiationStartYear | 1644 → |
| recognized |
independence of the Dutch Republic from Spain
→
independence of the Swiss Confederacy from the Holy Roman Empire → |
| reorganized | territorial structure of the Holy Roman Empire → |
| signedBy |
representatives of King Louis XIV of France
→
representatives of King Philip IV of Spain → representatives of Queen Christina of Sweden → representatives of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III → representatives of the States General of the Dutch Republic → |
| tookPlaceIn |
Münster
→
Osnabrück → Westphalia → |
| treatySignedOn | 24 October 1648 → |
| year | 1648 → |
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Westphalian peace"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Münster"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Osnabrück"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Osnabrück between the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Westphalia"
this entity surface form: "Peace of Westphalia 1648"
this entity surface form: "negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Westphalia"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Westphalia"
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Westphalia"