Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679)

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
	Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Type	Peace treaty
Signed	29 June 1679
Location	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Parties	Charles XI of Sweden; Frederick William I of Brandenburg; Louis XIV of France;
Language	Latin

The Treaty or Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 19 June (OS) or 29 June (NS) 1679 was a peace treaty between France and the Electorate of Brandenburg.^[1] It restored to France's ally Sweden her dominions Bremen-Verden and Swedish Pomerania, lost to Brandenburg in the Scanian War.^[1]^[2] Sweden ratified the treaty on 28 July 1679.^[1]

The treaty is by some considered "the worst political defeat" of Elector Frederick William I.^[3] He was forced by France to give away the Swedish portion of what he considered his rightful Pomeranian inheritance,^[4] despite having conquered it in a four-year campaign.

^ ^a ^b ^c Asmus (2003), p.211
^ Fiedler (2003), p.185
^ MacKay (1997), p.213, referring to Opgenoorth, Friedrich Wilhelm Volume II, p.194
^ Clark (2006), pp.48, 50