Treaty of Paris (1634)
In the Treaty of Paris of November 1, 1634 , the French King Louis XIII undertook . to provide 12,000 warriors to the Protestant side and Sweden for the religiously motivated power struggle in Germany and to pay a subsidy of 500,000 livres for the war costs.
In return, France demanded the continuation of the Catholic faith in areas in which it had already been valid in 1618 , as well as the cession of garrison towns in Alsace and the city of Strasbourg . Any armistice or peace agreement in the ongoing war in the empire would require the express consent of France. At the time of the conclusion of the contract it was not (yet) willing to actively intervene in the Thirty Years War itself or to provide further support.
This treaty came about after the Battle of Nördlingen , which brought the troops of the warring party Sweden and their allies a catastrophic defeat. The Imperial Catholic Army thus gained dominance in military territory in the empire. After the resulting end of the Heilbronn League, the Protestant estates looked for a way out in a request for help from France. The negotiations were conducted on behalf of the French king and Cardinal Richelieu by the French ambassador Manassès de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières . They were tough.
The Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna did not accept the negotiated result for his country. He refused to sign on behalf of the still underage Queen of Sweden . The following year he traveled to Paris and achieved improvements through direct contact with Richelieu in the Treaty of Compiègne , signed on April 30, 1635 .