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- ↑ C. N. Trueman Richelieu And Foreign Policy The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 13 Nov 2018
- ↑ Adolphus William Ward (1912). "The Later Years of The Thirty Years' War". The Cambridge Modern History. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
