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Chapter 1673
In the city of Münster in the Holy Roman Empire, important figures from the major European kingdoms gathered here under the auspices of France, intending to end the Thirty Years War.

The German region suffered heavy casualties during the 30-year war, losing millions of people, and the city of Münster was also dilapidated.

It was in this dilapidated town that the countries involved in the European war held peace talks while dealing with threats from the Chinese and the English.

Continental has never assembled the big names of the main kingdoms like this time!
A team of German cuirassiers first appeared in the city of Münster. The cuirassiers were not many in number, but they were well-equipped and the knights had high morale. They had obviously been baptized by the flames of war.

This German cuirassier was led by a young man in his 20s. He was talking to the Junker nobles: "According to the treaty, East Pomerania and Magdeburg, Halbers The bishoprics of Tate, Kamin, and Minden will all be allocated to us Brandenburg. Our Brandenburg will replace Saxony and Bavaria and become the great princes in Germany after the Holy Roman Emperor. We need to establish A standing army of its own makes Germany a mighty country."

This person is none other than Brandenburg-Prussia's new Grand Elector, Friedrich William, the founder of the Prussian centralized government.

The Principality of Brandenburg-Prussia began to appear on the stage of history as the first princely state of the Holy Roman Empire.

In addition to the Brandenburg Elector who appeared in Münster, other princes of the Holy Roman Empire also appeared one after another.

"Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria!"

"John George I, Elector of Saxony!"

The other two great German princes also appeared in Münster.

The three major German princes of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Bavaria appeared, and the rest of the minor princes also arrived one after another.At this time, the Holy Roman Empire had more than 300 states and more than 1000 knight manor territories.

The three great princes meet to catch up, and they will get more land from the Holy Roman Emperor.

Just after the arrival of the German princes, the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire also appeared in Münster.

Ferdinand III, the Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Grand Duke of Austria and many other honorable titles, led the imperial army here.

The whole of Germany has been exhausted by the war. From the emperor to the princes, they are eager to end the war.

"Your Majesty the Emperor."

The princes still respect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire very much, after all, he is the emperor of the empire.

Ferdinand III met with the princes, and both sides were quite emotional. After fighting for a long time, both sides became poorer and poorer. On the contrary, France and Sweden benefited, the rise of the English, and the appearance of foreign Chinese...

The only advantage is that some princes can share part of the emperor's territory.

The Holy Roman Emperor and the German princes arrived, and the French Cardinal Mazarin replaced Louis XIII and led a group of French soldiers to attend the meeting!

The Regent of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange and William II, Earl of Nassau, arrived with a force of Dutch cavalry.

Spain sent General de Mello, commander of the Legion of Flanders, to join the alliance.

"Didn't Louis XIII come here in person?" Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III asked.

"Our Majesty the King is in poor health, so I will preside over this alliance meeting." Archbishop Mazaran in red replied.

The Holy Roman Emperor and many German princes knew that the French cardinal was very powerful and could indeed make decisions in place of Louis XIII.

Now that France has begun to surpass other kingdoms and become the most hegemonic power in continental Europe, this alliance conference is led by France, not the Holy Roman Emperor.

"The ambassadors of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Tsar, and the Swedes have not yet arrived." Mazaran looked around at the people present at the meeting. The French cardinal has already represented 5 forces.

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the tsar's delegation arrived a few days later because of the distance.

Two or three days later, the Swedish delegation also came to Münster.

To everyone's surprise, the Swedish delegation included not only the Swedish commander Thor Stenson, but also the young Queen Christina.

Queen Christina arrives in men's attire with a troop of Swedish cavalry!
The Queen of Sweden, who was not yet twenty, came to Germany to join the alliance in person, and everyone was deeply surprised.

After King Gustav II of Sweden died in the German War, his youngest daughter, Christina, served as Queen of Sweden.But Christina was only 6 years old when she came to the throne, and the country has been managed by the Swedish Privy Council.

Now Christina has grown to be 18 or 19 years old and can already govern.It is estimated that her appearance here is also to announce to everyone that she will personally take charge of the Kingdom of Sweden.

After Queen Christina arrived, she talked like a man with the Holy Roman Emperor, the German princes, the French cardinal, etc., which surprised these European upper-class figures.

Christina was undoubtedly a woman, but she behaved like a man as if she was trying to imitate her father, Gustav II, the greatest military commander of the Thirty Years War.

In addition to these eight countries, another group of people arrived, that is, Prince Carl, who was in exile in England.He is the elder brother of Prince Rupert, his mother is Queen Sophia's sister, and his father is Elector Palatinate, one of the four secular electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

His father was deposed as a prince because he raised troops against the Holy Roman Emperor and triggered the 30-year war. The Palatinate was transferred to the Duke of Bavaria. his fief.

For the son of the Palatinate Elector to claim the family's fiefdom, the Duke of Bavaria didn't look very good when he saw him.

All of a sudden, the German city of Münster was in turmoil.

The eight major European kingdoms gathered here to negotiate. When all the kings and ambassadors were gathered, they began to negotiate to end the 30-year war.

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were the losers, while France, the German Protestant princes, the Netherlands, and Sweden were the winners.In addition, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Tsarist Russia are countries outside the core area of ​​Europe. They only joined the talks in order to jointly deal with the unprecedented crisis in the European continent.

(End of this chapter)