Treaty of Paris (8 October 1801)

France and Russia signed a treaty of peace in Paris on 8 October 1801.[1] The treaty formally ended Russo-French hostilities in the War of the Second Coalition.[2] Two days later, on 10 October, they signed a secret convention of alliance.[1] The signatories for both were Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord for France and Count Arkady Morkov for Russia.[3] Ratifications were exchanged on 11 October. The French law recognizing the treaty is dated 9 December 1801.[3]

The public peace treaty contained declarations of perpetual peace and friendship. The secret convention contained the real bases for Franco-Russian relations going forward. It contained an agreement to work together to a satisfactory arrangement in the Holy Roman Empire, which at the time was in the process of putting into effect the terms of the Treaty of Lunéville of 9 February 1801 through the a Reichsdeputation. France and Russia declared it their intent to find a "just equilibrium between the Houses of Austria and Brandenburg", that is, between the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollern.[2] Since the Tsar Alexander I was related to the rulers of Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg, First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte agreed to increase to their power to counterbalance the Habsburgs of Austria and Hohenzollerns of Prussia.[1]

The Russo-French peace was part of a flurry of diplomatic activity winding down the War of the Second Coalition. Shortly before the peace with Russia, France signed a preliminary agreement with the United Kingdom in London on 1 October. This ultimately resulted in the Peace of Amiens.[4] On 4 October, Morkov signed a peace treaty [es] in Paris with Spain.[5] Between the two Franco-Russian agreements, France signed a preliminary peace with the Ottoman Empire in Paris on 9 October. This was finalized in the Treaty of Paris of June 1802.[6]

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  • Alexandre de Clercq, ed. (1880). "Traité de paix conclu à Paris le 8 octobre 1801 entre la France et la Russie". Recueil des traités de la France. Vol. I. A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel. pp. 467–468.
  • Alexandre de Clercq, ed. (1880). "Convention secrète conclue à Paris le 18 vendémiaire an X (10 octobre 1801) entre la République Française et la Russie". Recueil des traités de la France. Vol. I. A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel. pp. 474–475.
  • Michel Kerautret, ed. (2002). "Traité de paix de Paris avec la Russie (8 et 10 october 1801)". Les grands traités du Consulat (1799–1804): documents diplomatiques du Consulat et de l'Empire. Vol. 1. Nouveau Monde. pp. 212–218.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ramm 1967, p. 52.
  2. ^ a b Mikaberidze 2020, p. 158.
  3. ^ a b de Clercq 1880a, p. 467.
  4. ^ Kerautret 2002, p. 205.
  5. ^ Morales Moya 2003, p. 334.
  6. ^ Kerautret 2002, p. 219.

Bibliography

  • Mikaberidze, Alexander (2020). The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History. Oxford University Press.
  • Morales Moya, Antonio (2003). 1802, España entre dos siglos: Monarquía, estado, nación. Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales.
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