PEACE OF LUNEVILLE

DUVIVIER, Benjamin: France, 1801, Bronze, 56 mm
Obv: Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte    BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL. GENERAL A MARENGO
Rev: France giving olive branches to the Gods of Po, Tiber, Danube and Rhine; palm tree in background    LA FRANCE VICTORIEUSE
Exergue:  PAIX CONTINENTALE A LUNEVILLE AN 9
Signed:  B DUVIVIER F
Ref: Bramsen 105;  Weiss BW113

After several armistices had been entered into between Austria and the French Republic, Austria at length found it necessary to enter into a treaty for peace between the first Consul of the French Republic and the Emperor. This treaty was concluded at Luneville, in February, 1801. The plenipotentiaries named, were the Count Cobentzel and Joseph Bonaparte. It agreed, first, that there was to be a permanent peace between the French Republic and the Emperor; the Belgic provinces, Falkenstein and its dependencies; the Frickthal, and all that belongs to the house of Austria on the left bank of the Rhine, between Zurzach and Basle, to be given up to the French. Istria, Dalmatia, and the Venetian Isles dependent on those countries; the Bocca di Cattaro, the city of Venice, the Adriatic sea, and a portion of Adige to belong to the Emperor. The Brisgau to be given to the Duke of Modena; Tuscany and the Island of Elba to be possessed by the infant Duke of Parma; the grand Duke to obtain a full indemnity in Germany for his Italian States; the French to possess all on the left bank of the Rhine. The French Republic would renounce all possession on the right bank of the Rhine, and restore Dusseldorff, Ehrenbreitstein, Phillipsburg, the Fort of Cassel, the Fort of Khel, and Old Brisach; the Emperor would give indemnity to the hereditary princes dispossessed on the left bank of the Rhine; this treaty would be common to the Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine and Ligurian Republics; the said Republics to be guaranteed by both parties. (Laskey)

LINK to Treaty of Luneville (from Napoleon Series)

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