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4 unusual facts about Treaty of Ryswick


Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

It was not until the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that reconstruction work started again and Frederick Augustus brought in 220 Waldensians and Huguenots which he settled in a specially planned town coined “Augustistadt” (Augustus town) to the north of Gochsheim.

Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

After the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, his lands were returned to him and he became Regent.

Place des Victoires

Louis permanently abandoned Paris in 1682, and his imperial ambitions in Europe were deflated by subsequent wars; the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697 was termed "a humiliating disaster for the king" by the military architect Vauban.

Treaty of The Hague

Treaty of The Hague (1697) - better known as Treaty of Rijswick, the suburb of The Hague



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