Treaty of Chaumont
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The Treaty of Chaumont was a series of separately-signed but identically-worded agreements in 1814 between the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom. They were dated 1 March 1814, although the actual signings took place on 9 or 19 March. The treaty was intended to draw the powers of the Sixth Coalition into a closer alliance in case France rejected the peace terms they had recently offered. Each power agreed to put 150,000 soldiers in the field against France and to guarantee for twenty years the European peace (once obtained) against French aggression.[1]
Following discussions in late February 1814, representatives of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and the United Kingdom reconvened a meeting at
The decisions were again ratified and put into effect by the Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815. The terms were largely written by Lord Castlereagh who offered cash subsidies to keep the other armies in the field against Napoleon.[3] Key terms included the establishment of a German Confederation, the division of Italy into independent states, the restoration of the Bourbon kings of Spain and the enlargement of the Netherlands to include what in 1830 became Belgium. The treaty became the cornerstone of the alliance that formed the European balance of power for decades.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ John A. Cannon, "Chaumont, Treaty of", in A Dictionary of British History, 1st rev. ed. (Oxford UP, 2009).
- ^ Schroeder 1994, p. 501-504.
- ISBN 9781841768311.
- ^ Artz 1934, p. 110.
References
- Artz, Frederick B. (1934), Reaction & Revolution: 1814–1832, p. 110
- Chandler, David (1999), Dictionary of the Napoleonic wars, Wordsworth editions
- Schroeder, Paul W. (1994), The Transformation of European Politics 1763–1848, Clarendon Press, ISBN 9780198206545 — advanced diplomatic history online