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The Treaty of Lunéville
Lunéville

Lun?ville is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department and lies on the Meurthe River....
 was signed on February 9, 1801 between the French Republic
French First Republic

The French First Republic was founded on 22 September, 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon....
 and the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 by Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napol?on Bonaparte, King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, King of Spain and the Spanish West Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and King of Sicily and later King of Spain....
 and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl

Johann Ludwig Joseph Graf von Cobenzl was an Austrian diplomat and politician.In 1779, the cousin of Austrian chancellor Philipp Graf von Cobenzl, and prot?g? of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, became minister at St....
, respectively.

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 and then by Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on December 3. Forced to sue for peace they signed another in a series of treaties. The treaty marked the end of the Second Coalition; Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 was the sole nation still fighting France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.






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The Treaty of Lunéville
Lunéville

Lun?ville is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department and lies on the Meurthe River....
 was signed on February 9, 1801 between the French Republic
French First Republic

The French First Republic was founded on 22 September, 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon....
 and the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 by Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napol?on Bonaparte, King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, King of Spain and the Spanish West Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and King of Sicily and later King of Spain....
 and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl
Count Ludwig von Cobenzl

Johann Ludwig Joseph Graf von Cobenzl was an Austrian diplomat and politician.In 1779, the cousin of Austrian chancellor Philipp Graf von Cobenzl, and prot?g? of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, became minister at St....
, respectively.

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 and then by Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on December 3. Forced to sue for peace they signed another in a series of treaties. The treaty marked the end of the Second Coalition; Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 was the sole nation still fighting France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. The Treaty of Lunéville declared that "there shall be henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding". The treaty required Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio
Treaty of Campo Formio

The Treaty of Campo Formio or Peace of Campo Formio was signed on October 17, 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl as representatives of France and Austria....
 (October 17, 1797). Certain Austrian holdings in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 were to be relinquished and the Austrian Emperor was to renounce all claims to the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
, French control was extended up to the left bank of the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 "in complete sovereignty" while they renounced possession of territories east of the Rhine. Contested boundaries in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 were set and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany 2 was a state in central Italy that existed from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence, which had been created out of the old Republic of Florence in 1532, and which annexed the Republic of Siena in 1557....
 went to the French, with the duke compensated in Germany. The two parties agreed to respect the independence of the Batavian
Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic was the Succession of states of the Dutch Republic. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795 and ended on June 5, 1806 with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....
, Cisalpine
Cisalpine Republic

The Cisalpine Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802.After the Battle of Lodi, in May 1796, the French general Napoleon I of France proceeded to organize two states ? one on the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one on the north, the Transpadane Republic....
, Helvetic
Helvetic Republic

In History of Switzerland, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing Cantons of Switzerlands united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud....
 and Ligurian
Ligurian Republic

The Ligurian Republic was a short-lived French client republic formed by Napoleon I of France on June 14, 1797. It consisted of the territory of the old Republic of Genoa which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy....
 republics. In northern Italy, the two semi-independent bishoprics of Trento and Bressanone/Brixen were secularized and annexed to Austria. The Austrians re-entered the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
 in 1805.

See also

  • List of treaties
    List of treaties

    This list of treaties contains historic agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups....