Peace of Vervins

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The Peace of Vervins was signed between the representatives of Henry IV of France and Philip II of Spain on 2 May 1598, at the small town of Vervins (Aisne). Henry had declared war of Spain in 1595, and had recently promulgated the Edict of Nantes, on 13 April. This treaty brought the Wars of Religion in France to a practical end. Philip recognized the formerly Protestant Henry as King of France and withdrew his forces from the French territory they still occupied, depriving the remnants of the Catholic League of their support..

Philip died on 13 September, but his heir Philip III respected the terms of the treaty. The duke of Savoy, who had held back from the treaty of Vervins, signed a separate treaty of Lyon with Henry in 1601.