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
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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 .
- «In the first place»: Place Sierck «with its thirty villages»:
- 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
- ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31
- ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31
- ^ Reverdy, Georges, Atlas Historique des Routes de France, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1986, 31