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ThePeace of Alais, also known as theEdict ofAlès or theEdict of Grace, was a treaty negotiated byCardinal Richelieu withHuguenot leaders and signed byKing Louis XIII ofFrance on 28 June 1629. It confirmed the basic religious principles of theEdict of Nantes but differed in that it contained additional clauses that stated that the Huguenots no longer had political rights and further demanded for them to relinquish all cities and fortresses immediately.
It ended the religious warring by granting the Huguenots amnesty and guaranteed them tolerance. It did not last permanently, though, asLouis XIV would later resume the persecution of Protestants, culminating in theRevocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
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