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  • Tthe Thirty Years war resulted with the Peace of Westphalia The Calvinists were thus recognized internationally, and the Edict of Restitution was again rescinded. There were also territorial adjustments: France got the bishoprics of Metz, Tourdun, and all of Alsace except Strasbourg and Mulhouse. They also acquired a vote in the Imperial German Diet. Sweden got Western Pomerania and the bishoprics of Bremen and Stettin. They also got control of the mouth of the Oder, Elbe, and Weser Rivers. They also acquired a vote in the Imperial German Diet. Bavaria acquired a vote in the Imperial Council of Electors (which elected the Holy Roman Emperor). Brandenburg (Prussia) got Eastern Pomerania, and the bishopric of Magdeburg. Switzerland was recognized as a fully independent nation. Holland (Protestant Netherlands) was recognized as an independent nation (before its rebellion a century ago, it had been a possession of Spain and thus a property of the Habsburg family). The German states (about 360) were given the right to exercise their own foreign policy, but they could not wage war against the Holy Roman Emperor. The Empire as a whole still could wage wars and sign treaties. the election of Roman emperor vivente imperatore (election of next emperor before the death of the one who actually rules) was banned. The Palatinates (Pfalzgraviates of the Rhein) was divided between the re-established Elector Palatine Charles Louis (son and heir of Frederick V) and Elector-Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (thus it was split between the Protestants and the Catholics). Charles Louis obtained the Lower Palatinate (Rhenish Palatinate) and Maximilian kept the Upper Palatinate.

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