The Treaty of Brussol (also known as the Treaty of Bruzolo) was signed on 10 April

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Bruzolo Bruzolo (pop. 1,525 as of 1-1-2017)) is a ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont. Located some west of Turin, in the lower Susa Valley, it is a member of the Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e Val Cenisc ...

between Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Henry IV of France, inside the , (in

Susa Valley The Susa Valley ( it, Val di Susa; pms, Valsusa; french: Val de Suse; oc, Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the sou ...

, near Turin). Based on the terms of the accord, both signatories agreed to combine their forces in order to remove the Spanish from Italy. The agreement also dictated that the

Duke of Mantua During its history as independent entity, Mantua had different rulers who governed on the city and the lands of Mantua from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. From 970 to 1115, the Counts of Mantua were members of the House of Canoss ...

exchange the province of

Casale Monferrato Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the v ...

for the province of

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

. Also, the territories of Montferrat and Milan would be united under the control of

Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...

. Under the treaty, Victor Emmanuel would be restored to the throne of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

. Also, Henry IV would have his daughter marry Prince Victor Amadeus I and that the

King of France France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first ...

, the Republic of Venice, and the Pope guarantee the Duke of Savoy the title of King of Lombardy. However, this accord was never realized since Henry IV was assassinated by Ravaillac in May 1610.

Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...

, just crowned queen, overturned the treaty. Even though Henry's death ended the treaty, Charles Emmanuel seized Montferrat from the Spanish in 1613, which led to a war that lasted until 1617.Encyclopædia Britannica – Treaty of Bruzolo (French History)
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Bidwell, Walter Hilliard and Agnew, John Holmes. ''Eclectic Magazine''. Leavitt, Throw and Co., 1862, p9
* P. Merlin, M. Minola, M. Cavargna, L. Crepaldi, G. Sclaverano, ''A 400 anni dai Trattati di Bruzolo. Gli equilibri europei prima e dopo i Trattati'', Segusium, November 2010, pp 80

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Encyclopædia Britannica – Treaty of Bruzolo (French History)

*. A short account of the treaty in Italian. {{DEFAULTSORT:Treaty of Brussol 1610 in Italy 1610 in France 1610 treaties Brussol Treaties of the Duchy of Savoy

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