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Also Known As	Treaty of the Pyrenees
Date	November 7, 1659
Participants	France • Spain

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France Spain Catalonia Alsace Roussillon Artois

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Jules Cardinal Mazarin

Jules, Cardinal Mazarin

French cardinal and statesman

Lionne, detail from an engraving by Nicolas I de Larmessin, 1664

Hugues de Lionne

French statesman

Luis Méndez de Haro

minister of Spain