reach almost paris, but their lightning speed on the army was stopped louis 13 february 15, 1637 ferdinand ii dies and takes over the empire. passes to his son ferdinand. the third war takes on a protracted character, the decisive battle was the battle of rock-rua, which france defeated spain, the empire lost its main ally, sweden, in turn , inflicts a series of defeats on the imperial army , captures the czech republic, bavaria and invades austria on october 24, 1648, the holy roman empire was forced to conclude with the opponent of the westphalian peace, according to its terms , the habsburgers, retained the eastern possessions, including austria and the czech republic, the neighboring lands of the holy roman empire, ilsaz and three bishoprics in the north-west, went to france, and paris becomes one of the most influential capitals of europe , holland receives independence sweden reaches a new level for itself and becomes a european power, the holy roman empire itself . it broke up into more than 300 dwarf states subordinate to the emperor only formally. after the thirty years' war, and thi