Peace of Rueil

Timeline

1. 1648–1649Paris · Île-de-FranceFrom the summer of 1648 royal troops besieged Paris, where food shortages and plague spread. Representatives of both sides held secret negotiations amid the siege, seeking a political compromise in place of continued civil war.
2. 1649Rueil · Île-de-FranceThe peace stipulated that parlement members resume their positions and leave Paris for a safe location designated by the crown; the crown would grant amnesty, withdraw the besieging forces, and convene the Estates-General to discuss tax reform.
3. 1649Île-de-France · Île-de-FranceMembers left the city as agreed, the siege was lifted, and Paris returned to calm. The Parlement Fronde temporarily ended, but rifts between royal authority, the Parlement, and the prince faction remained, and the political crisis entered a new phase.