Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau, FranceWestern Europe
A town south-east of Paris. Louis XIV’s edict revoking the Edict of Nantes was given there in October 1685.
Fontainebleau lies about 55 kilometres south-east of Paris. The edict by which Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes closes “Given at Fontainebleau in the month of October, in the year of grace 1685” (Edict of Fontainebleau dating clause). See Louis XIV Revokes the Edict of Nantes.
What happened here
- October 1685, firm dateLouis XIV Revokes the Edict of Nantes
By an edict given at Fontainebleau in October 1685, Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, orders the Reformed churches of France demolished, bans Reformed worship and forbids his Protestant subjects to leave. The Elector of Brandenburg offers those who flee a refuge.