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Treaty of Luneville

France · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1801

Joseph Bonaparte9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France. The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor

Ludwig von Cobnzl9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France. The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France. The Treaty of Luneville declared that "there shall be, henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding" among the parties. The Treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio (concluded on 17 October 1797)

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

Napoleon I9 February 1801

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

Names involved

Joseph BonaparteLudwig von CobnzlNapoleon I

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