Peace of Vincennes

The Treaty of Vincennes is an international treaty signed in Vincennes on February 28, 1661 , between the Duke of Lorraine , Charles IV , and Cardinal Jules Mazarin , for the King of France , Louis XIV .

It is the result of the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 and enabled the Duke to regain the Duchy of Bar .

Historical context

The Peace of the Pyrenees provided that the Duke of Lorraine should cede the Duchy of Bar, the County of Clermont and the three provosts of Stenay , Dun and Jametz to France. This provision was modified in the Treaty of Vincennes.

Content of the contract

Duke Charles IV takes the oath of feud for the Barrois mouvant before King Louis XIV in the Louvre in 1661 as a result of the Treaty of Vincennes

King Louis XIV returned the Duchy bar and accessories to Duke Charles IV (Art. IV).

In return, the contract provides for the creation of a corridor half a mile in Lorraine (around 2.5 km) between Verdun and Metz and between Metz and Strasbourg . This was supposed to allow the troops of the King of France unhindered access to Alsace . The province was won in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 and the route de France or the chemin royal was supposed to create a road that would allow the way to the Rhine without touching Lorraine territory.

The duke cedes to the king:

• Art. III [Road from Paris to the Province of Trois-Évêchés ]
  • Fortified square Moyenvic "which, although enclaved in the state of Lorraine, belonged to the empire and was ceded to SM in the Treaty of Münster of October 24, 1648".
  • County of Clermont & its territory (Clermont-en-Argonne).
  • Propsties and areas of Stenay & Jametz .
  • Dun-sur-Meuse (mentioned in Art. XVIII).

• Art. V [Road from the Diocese of Metz to Kurtrier ]
  • «In the first place»: Place Sierck «with its thirty villages»:
    • Aboncourt , Altroff , Apach , Basse-Kontz , Bettelainville , Budange , Calembourg , La Croix , Freching , Haute-Kontz , Haute-Sierck , Hombourg , Kaltweiler , Kédange , Kemplich , Kerling , Klang , Laumesfeld , Lemestroff , Malling , Metrich , Monneren , Montenach , Oudrenne , Rettel , Rudling , Rustroff , Saint-François , Saint-Hubert , Sainte-Marguerite .

• Art. VI [crossing over the Vosges ]
  • "In second place": places Xouaxange , Saarburg & Pfalzburg .

• Art. VII [Road from Lille to Metz along the fortified northern border of France]
  • "In third place": "The part of the Propstei Marville & Accessories that belongs to the Duke, as Duke of Bar, and the other part that belongs to his Catholic Majesty, as Duke of Luxembourg".

• Art. VIII [crossing over the Moselle ]
  • “In fourth place”: Gorze Abbey .

• Art. IX [Access to Metz]
  • «In fifth place»: the place Malatour ( Mars-la-Tour ) «& accessories».

• Art. X [Road from Verdun to Metz]
  • “In sixth place”: Places Marchéville (Marchéville-en-Woëvre), Harville, Labeuville & Maizeray, “located on the way from Verdun to Metz , with their surroundings”.
  • A contemporary map shows the following stages on "Le Chemin Royal des Français en Lorraine, entre les Évêchés de Verdun et de Metz": Fresnes-en-Woëvre ( Diocese of Verdun ) - Marchéville - Maizeray - Harville - Labeuville - Mars-la-Tour - Gorze.

• Art. XI [Fixed places on the Saar, which are given to the King]
  • "In seventh place": "Places Sishof , Franshof & Monteleu , located on the Saar river, with their surroundings".
  • According to the contemporary map “Places sur la Sarre cédées au Roi”: Sirstrof [Siersdorf with the Siersburg (castle) , the name of which was chosen in 1937 for the new municipality, formed from the former villages of Büren, Itzbach and Siersdorf (Siestroff), today zu Rehlingen-Siersburg ], Francaltroff [impossible because Francaltroff is not on the Saar, therefore correct: Fremersdorf ], Monceleux [Montclair Castle opposite Mettlach ].

• Art. XII [hub of the road from Metz to Strasbourg ]
  • “In eighth place”: Moyenvic salt works .

• Art. XIII [ Road from Metz to Strasbourg ]
  • “In ninth position”: “Road on the slope of Delme & Orte Solgne , Moncheux , Grémecey , Chambrey , Burthécourt this side of Vic , as well as the villages Lezey , Donnelay , Ormange , Azoudange , Gondrexange , Héming near Xouaxange, Saarburg, then Mederville , Coursirode & Garrebourg near Pfalzburg "..." so that SM would have a way which his subjects and his troops could use whenever she [the Majesty] so wishes to get from Metz to Alsace without going to the Duke's land touch ".
  • The contemporary map shows the following stages on "le Chemin Royal des Français en Lorraine, depuis l'Évêché de Metz jusqu'en Alsace": La Solgne - Moncheux - Delme - Grémecey - Chambrey - Burthécourt - Moyenvic - Lezey - Donnelay - Ormange - Azoudange - Gondrexange - Héming - Sarrebourg - Niderviller - Courserode - Garrebourg - Phalsbourg.

• Art. XIV [Control of the streets, width of the corridor]
  • «In addition, agreement is reached that the above path should begin at the last village of the Metzer Land (Pays Messin) between Metz & Vic and should be enclosed & completely under the sovereignty of SM as far as Pfalzburg ... & should be a width of half a Lorraine mile at all Have posts. »(About 2.5 km).

source

• Texts intégral , in Frédéric Léonard, Recueil des traités ..., fait par les rois de France ... , Paris, tome III, 1693, 320–331. (in French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31
2. ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31
3. ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31