The third Peace of Pressburg (also known as Treaty of Pressburg
) was a
peace treaty
A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring ...
concluded in Pressburg (then Pozsony today's
Bratislava). It was signed on 30 December 1626 between
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen ( hu, Bethlen Gábor; 15 November 1580 – 15 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625. He was also King-elect of Hungary from 1620 to 1621, but he never took control of th ...
of
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
, the leader of an uprising against the
Habsburg monarchy from 1619–1626, and Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II. The agreement put an end to the revolt by confirming the
Peace of Nikolsburg (31 December 1621). In return, Bethlen agreed not to fight against the emperor anymore, nor would he ally with the
Ottoman Turks.
References
Pressburg
History of Bratislava
1626 treaties
1626 in the Holy Roman Empire
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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