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The Peace of Westphalia (German: Westfälischer Friede, stated [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃɐ ˈfʁiːdə] (About this
soundlisten)) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 inside the
Westphalian towns of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and
Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), and taken peace to the Holy Roman Empire, final a calamitous length of
European history that killed approximately 8 million people. The Holy Roman Emperor (Ferdinand III of
Habsburg), the Spanish Monarchy, the kingdoms of France and Sweden, the United Provinces
(Netherlands), and their respective allies a number of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire participated
in these treaties.[1]

The negotiation technique become prolonged and complicated. Talks happened in two cities, due to the
fact every side desired to satisfy on territory beneath its own control. A overall of 109 delegations
arrived to represent the belligerent states, however now not all delegations were gift on the same time.
Two treaties have been signed to stop the conflict inside the Empire: the Treaty of Münster and the
Treaty of Osnabrück. [2][3] These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, with
the Habsburgs (rulers of Austria and Spain) and their Catholic allies on one aspect, struggling with the
Protestant powers (Sweden and positive Holy Roman principalities) allied with France, which turned into
Catholic however strongly anti-Habsburg underneath King Louis XIV. The separate Peace of Münster
ended the Eighty Years' War among Spain and the United Provinces.