What would happen with the hugenots if France and the Netherlands were allied

I am thinking of creating a timeline in which France and the Dutch Republic are allied (I think an alliance of both would createa good counterweight to the English). I mean an alliance between equals, so not a Batavian Republicor Kingom of Holland type of alliance. So I started thinking about the Hugenots.

OTL they were tollerated for quite a while until basicly Louis XIV finaly was fed up with them and kicked them out. If France was allied to a Calvinist Netherlands, would he be more tollerant with the Hugenots, or would he kick them out the same. If he kicked them out anyway, would the Netherlands be a major refuge like OTL, or would the alliance prevent that? Basicly, did Louis care were the Hugenots went, as long as it was not France? Or would the Hugenots still be tollerated and basicly be the grease that would keep France and the Netherlands allied. Being Calvinist French could make them good intermediates between the Dutch and the French and possibly a way to connect both countries through mariages. One of the wifes of William "the Silent" of Orange had been a Hugenot after all.
 
One must consider that for the first half of the XVIIth century, the French, Dutch, English and company were (mostly) allies. I mean, if you except the bit around La Rochelle.
Therefore, I think that would change very little. What needs to be changed is that : 1) have the Huguenot population remain larger. IOTL it was eroded, especially the elites, because the catholic church would allow marriages between Catholics and Protestants if the children were raised to be catholics. 2) Have them be less rowdy. Louis XIII had to conduct several expeditions against the Huguenots. That certainly didn't place them as ideally loyal subjects of the King.
 
One must consider that for the first half of the XVIIth century, the French, Dutch, English and company were (mostly) allies. I mean, if you except the bit around La Rochelle.
Therefore, I think that would change very little. What needs to be changed is that : 1) have the Huguenot population remain larger. IOTL it was eroded, especially the elites, because the catholic church would allow marriages between Catholics and Protestants if the children were raised to be catholics. 2) Have them be less rowdy. Louis XIII had to conduct several expeditions against the Huguenots. That certainly didn't place them as ideally loyal subjects of the King.
That makes sense. So assuming France and the Netherlands remain allied during the late 17th century and Louis still issues the edict of Fontainebleau (or some variant of it), would Louis care if they fled to the allied Dutch Republic? Or would them leaving France be good enough, not caring wherever they might end up?

Hugenots might be useful to create a stronger protestant present in the Catholic Southern Netherlands that the Dutch and French devided in my timeline in spe.
 
That makes sense. So assuming France and the Netherlands remain allied during the late 17th century and Louis still issues the edict of Fontainebleau (or some variant of it), would Louis care if they fled to the allied Dutch Republic? Or would them leaving France be good enough, not caring wherever they might end up?

Hugenots might be useful to create a stronger protestant present in the Catholic Southern Netherlands that the Dutch and French devided in my timeline in spe.

The French government wouldn't care where they ended up. Brandenburg took in a lot of them, and the French government protected Hohenzollern interest versus the Swedes at the same time.
 
The French government wouldn't care where they ended up. Brandenburg took in a lot of them, and the French government protected Hohenzollern interest versus the Swedes at the same time.
Good, so my plan of using the expelled Hugenots to create a larger protestant present in (Dutch) Antwerp could actualy work.
 
Good, so my plan of using the expelled Hugenots to create a larger protestant present in (Dutch) Antwerp could actualy work.

It would be pretty easy another element, you shouldn't ignore are if Antwerp grow into a important city in the Netherlands, Huguenots are not the only group of immigrants it will receive. Beside the large German immigrant community (which was religious mixed) in Netherlands, the Netherlands also received a lot of Scandinavian immigrants, from 1640-1740 Danish immigrants to the Netherlands was 100.000 people, which was a significant percent of the Dutch population (7-8%) and a large scale emigration than the Danish emigration to America in percent of the Danish population. This population have left few cultural traces because they converted to Calvinism as they integrated into Dutch society and their use of patrilineal names, meant that when they left their culture behind, they adopted Dutch naming tradition.

The point is if you make Antwerp important it will get a lot of Protestant immigrants, especially if the Dutch restrict the access of Catholics immigrants. Of course if Antwerp end up a island of Calvinism/Protestantism in a sea of Catholicism, it will become majority Catholic as the 19th century's industrialization hit.
 
It would be pretty easy another element, you shouldn't ignore are if Antwerp grow into a important city in the Netherlands, Huguenots are not the only group of immigrants it will receive. Beside the large German immigrant community (which was religious mixed) in Netherlands, the Netherlands also received a lot of Scandinavian immigrants, from 1640-1740 Danish immigrants to the Netherlands was 100.000 people, which was a significant percent of the Dutch population (7-8%) and a large scale emigration than the Danish emigration to America in percent of the Danish population. This population have left few cultural traces because they converted to Calvinism as they integrated into Dutch society and their use of patrilineal names, meant that when they left their culture behind, they adopted Dutch naming tradition.

The point is if you make Antwerp important it will get a lot of Protestant immigrants, especially if the Dutch restrict the access of Catholics immigrants. Of course if Antwerp end up a island of Calvinism/Protestantism in a sea of Catholicism, it will become majority Catholic as the 19th century's industrialization hit.
I could see Antwerp growing because of German and Scandinavian immigration, or even Dutch migration. I am not certain if they would convert though, since Antwerp is already majority catholic. I think it might be possible for them to keep their original religion, since there would be less pressure for them to convert to the majority religion. Mind you it certainly would help.

The situation in the 19th century is not that relevant. I want a protestant Antwerp (even if partialy) to increase the influence of Brabant within the Dutch republic. If Antwerp has a large Calvinist minority, it would be easier for them to see it as an city equal to other northern cities (if not Amsterdam). Hugenots might help with that (just like other protestant immigrants).
 
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