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The Treaty of Valençay (December 11, 1813), after the château
Château de Valençay

Ch?teau de Valen?ay is a residence of the d'Estampes and Talleyrand-P?rigord families in the commune in France of Valen?ay, the Indre d?partement in France of France....
 of the same name belonging to French foreign minister
Foreign minister

A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet Political minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation....
 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P?rigord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Benevento , the Prince of Diplomats, was a France diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI of France, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I of France, Louis XVIII of France, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe I of France....
, was drafted by Antoine René Mathurin and José Miguel de Carvajal y Manrique on behalf of the French Empire
French Empire

The term French Empire can refer to:* The First French Empire of Napoleon I and II * The Second French Empire of Napoleon III * The French colonial empire of the 17th to 20th centuries...
 and the Spanish Crown respectively. Intended as the preliminary to a full peace treaty
Peace treaty

A peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends an armed conflict. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender , in which an army agrees to give up arms....
 between France and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, the agreement provided for the restoration of Ferdinand VII of Spain
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
, imprisoned at Valençay since 1808, to the Spanish throne usurped 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....
.

Included in the terms was an armistice
Armistice

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace....
 which neither side, mistrusting the other's intentions, fully intended to respect.






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The Treaty of Valençay (December 11, 1813), after the château
Château de Valençay

Ch?teau de Valen?ay is a residence of the d'Estampes and Talleyrand-P?rigord families in the commune in France of Valen?ay, the Indre d?partement in France of France....
 of the same name belonging to French foreign minister
Foreign minister

A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet Political minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation....
 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P?rigord, 1st Sovereign Prince of Benevento , the Prince of Diplomats, was a France diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI of France, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I of France, Louis XVIII of France, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe I of France....
, was drafted by Antoine René Mathurin and José Miguel de Carvajal y Manrique on behalf of the French Empire
French Empire

The term French Empire can refer to:* The First French Empire of Napoleon I and II * The Second French Empire of Napoleon III * The French colonial empire of the 17th to 20th centuries...
 and the Spanish Crown respectively. Intended as the preliminary to a full peace treaty
Peace treaty

A peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends an armed conflict. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender , in which an army agrees to give up arms....
 between France and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, the agreement provided for the restoration of Ferdinand VII of Spain
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
, imprisoned at Valençay since 1808, to the Spanish throne usurped 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....
.

Included in the terms was an armistice
Armistice

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace....
 which neither side, mistrusting the other's intentions, fully intended to respect. It appears Napoleon also extracted an oath from Ferdinand in a secret protocol which required the Spanish monarch to turn the Spanish Army
Spanish Army

The Spanish Army is one of oldest active armies in the world and a branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, in charge of land operations....
 against the British
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....
 and Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 should Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
 continue to use Spain as a base of operations against France. In any event, the Cádiz Cortes
Cádiz Cortes

The C?diz Cortes were sessions of the national legislative body which met in the safe haven of C?diz during the French occupation of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....
 duly repudiated the treaty once Ferdinand reached the safety of Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
. The Peninsular War
Peninsular War

The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence was a contest between First French Empire and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Kingdom of Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars....
 would drag on until Napoleon's final defeat in France by the powers of the Sixth Coalition.

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....