Treaty of Montpellier

1622 treaty between France and the Huguenots

French Wars of Religion

First; 1562–1563
Conflict in the provinces; Rouen; Vergt; Dreux; Orléans

Second; 1567–1568
Saint-Denis; Chartres

Third; 1568–1570
Jarnac; La Roche-l'Abeille; Poitiers; Orthez; Moncontour; Saint-Jean d'Angély; Arney-le-Duc

Fourth; 1572–1573
Mons; Sommières; Sancerre; La Rochelle

Fifth; 1574–1576
Dormans

Sixth; 1577
La Charité-sur-Loire; Issoire; Brouage

Seventh; 1580
La Fère

War of the Three Henrys (1585–1589)
Coutras; Vimory; Auneau; Day of the Barricades

Succession of Henry IV of France (1589–1594)
Arques; Ivry; Paris; Château-Laudran; Rouen; Caudebec; Craon; 1st Luxembourg; Blaye; Morlaix; Fort Crozon

Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)
2nd Luxembourg; Fontaine-Française; Ham; Le Catelet; Doullens; Cambrai; Calais; La Fère; Ardres; Amiens

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1621–22 Saumur Saint-Jean-d'Angély La Rochelle Montauban Royan Saint-Foix Nègrepelisse Saint-Antonin Montpellier Treaty of Montpellier Saint-Martin-de-Ré 1625 Blavet Ré island Treaty of Paris 1627–29 Saint-Martin-de-Ré Pont du Feneau La Rochelle Privas Alès Montauban Peace of Alès Aftermath Dragonnades War of the Camisards

The Treaty of Montpellier (or the Peace of Montpellier) was signed in Montpellier on 18 October 1622 between King Louis XIII of France and Duke Henry II of Rohan. The treaty followed the siege of Montpellier and ended hostilities between French royalists and the Huguenots. It confirmed the religious tenets of the Edict of Nantes and pardoned Rohan, but reduced the number of Huguenot places de sûreté (military installations) to two: in La Rochelle and Montauban. The Huguenots would have to raze their other fortifications. They also would thenceforth be forbidden from holding their general assemblies and synods.

This peace would last only two years, as neither the King for the Huguenots were ready to respect its terms. The brother of Rohan, Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, attacked a royal fleet in the battle of Blavet in January 1625.