Treaty of Nemours

Articles of the Treaty of Nemours (or Treaty of Saint-Maur) were agreed upon in writing and signed in Nemours on 7 July 1585 between the Queen Mother, Catherine de' Medici, acting for the King, and representatives of the House of Guise, including the Duke of Lorraine.[1] Catherine hastened to Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, where on 13 July the treaty was signed between King Henry III of France and the leaders of the Catholic League, including Henri, duc de Guise.[2] The king was pressured by members of the Catholic League to sign the accord which was recognized by contemporaries as a renewal of the old French Wars of Religion.[3]

  1. ^ Letter of Catherine de Médicis Au Roy Monsieur mon Filz, enclosing the articles of peace. Hector La Ferrière-Percy, Gustave Baguenault de Purchesse, André Lesort, eds. Lettres de Catherine de Médicis: 1582–1585 : 339f.
  2. ^ Signatories included the cardinals de Bourbon and de Guise, and the duc de Mayenne. (Letters de Catherine de Médicis p. 340 note 1.
  3. ^ "En somme, ceste paix est le renouvellement d'une vieille guerre", Étienne Pasquier, councillor in parlement, wrote to a colleague: "In sum, this peace is a renewal of an old war." (quoted in Holt, Mack P. (1988). "The King in Parlement: The Problem of the Lit de Justice in Sixteenth-Century France". The Historical Journal. 31 (3): 507–523 [p. 513]. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00023463. S2CID 159468007.

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