Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)

The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on April 11, 1814 between Napoleon Bonaparte on one side and Austria, Russia and Prussia on the other side. The agreement regulated the details of the abdication of Napoleon, which took place on the same day. Great Britain signed only the parts of the contract, which referred to the future fate of Napoleon and his family because it had never recognized Napoleon as Emperor.

The treaty was named after the castle in the municipality of the same name, the place of signature.

Content of the contract

  • Napoleon renounced for himself and his heirs to the French and the Italian throne. For this he received the island of Elba as a sovereign principality for life, 2 million francs yearly maintenance from the French Treasury, 1000 self- selected by him as French soldiers Guard and the Corvette, which would lead him to Elba.
  • His wife, Empress Marie -Louise, received the Italian duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla with full sovereignty.
  • Napoleon's son Napoleon Bonaparte Franz was his mother's heritage and received the title of Prince of Parma.
  • Napoleon's mother and his siblings got together one to be paid by France pension of 250,000 francs.
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