Peace of Vervins

May 2, 1598

Spain and France signed a peace treaty at Vervins, restoring the arrangements of Cateau-Cambresis and ending Spanish intervention in the French Wars of Religion. An exhausted Philip II was finally releasing his grip on French affairs. He had six months left to live. Philip II's death six months later left Spain's ambitions to his less capable son, presiding over the beginning of Spanish decline.