Treaty of Breda (1667)

Treaty of Breda

Contemporary engraving of the signing of the peace at Breda Castle
Context	England, the Dutch Republic, France and Denmark–Norway end the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Signed	31 July 1667 (1667-07-31)
Location	Breda
Effective	24 August 1667
Mediators	Göran Fleming; Count Dohna Peter Coyet
Negotiators	Denzil Holles; Henry Coventry Hieronymus van Beverningh; Allart Pieter van Jongestall; Adolph Hendrik Ripperda; Pieter de Huybert; Ludolf Tjarda van Starkenborgh D'Estrades; Honoré Courtin Paul Klingenberg; Peter Canizius [1]
Signatories	Charles II of England States General of the Netherlands Louis XIV Frederick III
Parties	England  Dutch Republic  France  Denmark–Norway

The Peace of Breda, or Treaty of Breda was signed in the Dutch city of Breda, on 31 July 1667. It consisted of three separate treaties between England and each of its opponents in the Second Anglo-Dutch War: the Dutch Republic, France, and Denmark–Norway. It also included a separate Anglo-Dutch commercial agreement.

Negotiations had been in progress since late 1666 but were slow, as both sides tried to improve their positions. This changed after the French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands in late May, which the Dutch viewed as a more serious threat. War-weariness in England was increased by the June Raid on the Medway. Both factors led to a rapid agreement of terms.

Prior to 1667, the Anglo-Dutch relationship had been dominated by commercial conflict, which the treaty did not end entirely. However, tensions decreased markedly and cleared the way for the 1668 Triple Alliance between the Dutch Republic, England and Sweden. With the brief anomaly of the 1672 to 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War, the treaty marked the beginning of an alliance between the English and the Dutch that would last for a century.