Peace of Prague (1635)

Timeline

1. 1635Prague · BohemiaIn early 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire and Saxon Elector John George I opened negotiations. Core terms included: suspending the 1629 Edict of Restitution for forty years, dissolving the Protestant Heilbronn League, unifying the princes' armies within the empire into an imperial army under the emperor, and restoring the territorial arrangement prior to 1627.
2. 1635Prague · BohemiaOn 30 May 1635 Ferdinand II and the Saxon Elector formally signed the peace in Prague. The treaty was a major compromise between Catholic and Protestant forces within the empire after years of conflict since the Battle of White Mountain, marking a temporary easing of religious war within the empire.
3. 1635Holy Roman Empire · Holy Roman EmpireIn the months following the signing, most Protestant princes including Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Brunswick signed on. The peace covered nearly all Protestant forces within the empire, but France promptly declared war on Spain and pressured the empire, so this peace framework ultimately could not end the Thirty Years' War.