Treaty Of Westphalia 1648

Question 1

What did France gain in the Treaty?

Answer 1

• France retained the control of the Boshoprics of Metz, Toulmin and Verdun near Lorraine, recieved the cities of the Dècapole in Alsace and the city of Pignerol near the Spanish Duchy of Milan.
• France acquired Habsburg territory and other jurisdictions in Alsace. Other acquisitions included Pinerolo in Savoy and Breisach and Phillipsburg on the right bank of the Rhine.
• France obtained full sovereignty over upper and lower Alsace, including ten important towns including Colmar, Hagenau and Schlettstadlt.

Question 2

What did France loose/not gain in the Treaty?

Answer 2

• France did not recieve Strasbourg, the Bishopric of Strasbourg, or Mulhouse.
• The nobility of Alsace and the ten towns retained thier privileges vis-d-vis the Empire provided that these privileges did not diminish French sovereignty. The latin words for ‘provided that’ (Ita tamen) were to cause many arguments in the future. Was Alsace French or not?