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Piedmont near the French border), recently occupied by

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during the

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Treaty between France and Savoy

This treaty, signed on 11 March 1629, following the French capture of the city, was agreed between

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and

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. Its terms allowed French military passage through Savoy to assist in relief of the siege of Casale in the

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, which was to be guaranteed by French occupation of Susa. The Duke was also to refrain from hostilities against the Duchy of Mantua. In return, France was to give Savoy Trino and other territory in Monferrat worth 15,000 crowns.

Treaty between France and England and Scotland

This treaty, signed on 14 April 1629 ended

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between

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and

that had broken out in 1627. Ratified by

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on 11 June and

on 4 July, it reconfirmed the terms of a marriage contract between Charles and Louis' sister Henriette Marie. Each party was allowed to retain territories captured during the conflict, but was obliged to return territories taken after the peace was agreed. This latter clause affected a number of territories taken in

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, including

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, which was surrendered by Samuel de Champlain in July 1629 to

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and his brothers, three months after the peace was agreed, as well as other territories in

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(present-day peninsular

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, then a Scottish colony, and Cape Breton Island). New France was not fully restored to French rule until the 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

References

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