The issuance of the Edict of Fontainebleau, which lessened the harassment of religious minorities, resulted in a large number of Protestants  estimates range from 210,000 to 900,000  leaving France.
By the Edict of Fontainebleau, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered the destruction of Huguenot churches, as well as the closing of Protestant schools. 
