Treaty of Xanten

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The Treaty of Xanten was a 1614 agreement that ended the War of the Jülich Succession by partitioning the disputed duchies between Brandenburg-Prussia and the Palatinate-Neuburg.

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Treaty of Xanten canonical 3
Xanten Treaty 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
peace treaty
allocatedTo Brandenburg-Prussia
Palatinate-Neuburg
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Xanten
surface form: Xanten Treaty
appliesToJurisdiction Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
surface form: Lower Rhine-Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire
category 1614 in Europe
History of Xanten
Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire
conflictTypeResolved dynastic succession dispute
countryAtTime Holy Roman Empire
dateSigned 1614-11-12
determinedStatusOf Duchy of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
endedConflict War of the Jülich Succession
follows temporary armistices in Jülich-Cleves-Berg
grantedTerritoryTo Brandenburg-Prussia
Palatinate-Neuburg
hasAftermath long-term Prussian presence on the Rhine
hasCause succession dispute over Jülich-Cleves-Berg
hasEffect expansion of Palatinate-Neuburg
stabilization of Lower Rhine region
strengthening of Brandenburg-Prussia in the Rhineland
historicalContext prelude to the Thirty Years' War
historicalPeriod early 17th century
isSubjectOf historical research on German territorial states
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
legalForm bilateral treaty
partitionedEntity County of Mark
County of Ravensberg
Duchy of Berg
Duchy of Cleves
Duchy of Jülich
partOf history of North Rhine-Westphalia
history of the Holy Roman Empire
placeSigned Xanten
precededBy War of the Jülich Succession
recognizedClaimOf Brandenburg-Prussia
surface form: Brandenburg-Prussia in Cleves-Mark-Ravensberg

Palatinate-Neuburg
surface form: Palatinate-Neuburg in Jülich-Berg
relatedTo House of Hohenzollern
House of Wittelsbach
result partition of Jülich-Cleves-Berg territories
signatory Brandenburg-Prussia
Palatinate-Neuburg
surface form: Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg

Holy Roman Emperor’s representatives
year 1614

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War of the Jülich Succession endCause Treaty of Xanten
Duchy of Cleves significantEvent Treaty of Xanten
Treaty of Xanten alsoKnownAs Treaty of Xanten
this entity surface form: Xanten Treaty