The Treaty of Kleve was a treaty signed in Kleve in 1666 which was proposed by Frederick William of Brandenburg. The two parties were the Dutch Republic under Johan de Witt and Bernhard von Galen of Münster. The treaty was signed due to Charles II of England stopping his funding of the Bishop's invasion of the Dutch Republic.
The terms were that Bernhard von Galen would retreat from the occupied territories of the Dutch Republic and give up his claim to the Lordship of Borculo. And that he reduced his army to 3 thousand men in exchange for 'eternal peace'.
Even though the Münsterite invasion was regarded as a 'minor incident' in the Dutch Republic, it did show that the States army had a lack of power and needed to be improved. The 'eternal peace' that was promised between the two would not last, since Bernhard von Galen would invade the Dutch Republic again in 1672.
References
- "Frederik Willem, keurvorst van Brandenburg, bewerker van de vrede tussen Nederland en de bisschop van Munster, Wouter Muller, 1666". Rijksmuseum (in Dutch).
- "350 jaar Slag bij Jipsinghuizen". Vereniging Westerwolde (in Dutch).
- ^ Israel 1995, p. 772.
- "1672, Coevorden vanuit Groningen bevrijd". Geschidenis Coevorden (in Dutch).
- Panhuysen 2009, p. 80.
Sources
- Panhuysen, Luc (2009). Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte. Uitgeverij Atlas. ISBN 9789045013282.
- Israel, Jonathan (1995). The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198207344.