Alternative History
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The Peace of Amsterdam ended the anti-French War in 1694.

Conditions[]

  • In Europe:
    • The Pyrenees became the new French-Spanish border.
    • Luxemburg-Lorraine was given back to Charles XI of Brabant-Limburg.
    • Baden was restored.
    • Switzerland received the lands lost too, but has to promise neutrality.
    • Milan, Ravenna and Genoa became Italian, to drive a wedge between Savoy and Venice.
    • Flanders, Hennegau / Hainaut became Dutch again.
    • Karl II of Württemberg-Austria was deposed, Eberhard X (his father is counted as Eberhard IX, although he never officially reigned) became new grand duke, together with his brother Ludwig V.

Aftermath[]

The politics of François IV had failed. In the following decades, his successors François VI and Philippe VI would work to restore French power.

To resolve the religious conflict, the council of Cork was called.

Many areas in northern and western Germany had been devastated by the war; more than one tenth of the population had died.

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