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Peace of Westphalia: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Treaty of Westphalia
Date October 24, 1648 • January 30, 1648
Participants Austria • Brandenburg • Dutch Republic • France • Holy Roman Empire • papacy • Spain • Sweden

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Painting by Gerard Terborch showing a large group of men in formal 17th-century attire gathered around a green-covered table, witnessing the signing of the Treaty of Munster.
Historical map of Central Europe showing territorial changes resulting from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 at the end of the Thirty Years' War. Areas transferred to Sweden, Brandenburg, Transylvania, Saxony, France, the United Provinces, Bavaria, and Poland are color-coded. The map also marks the boundary of the Holy Roman Empire, key battle sites, and the route of Gustavus Adolphus's campaign from 1631 to 1632. Major cities, rivers, and neighboring countries such as France, Poland, Sweden, and
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Key People

Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Ferdinand III, detail from a portrait from the studio of Peter Paul Rubens; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Ferdinand III
Holy Roman emperor
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Maximilian, count von Trauttmansdorff
Austrian statesman and diplomat
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Johann Rudolf Wettstein
Swiss burgomaster

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