Treaty of Fontainebleau
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The Treaty of Fontainebleau refers to a number of agreements signed at Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, often at the Château de Fontainebleau
Château de Fontainebleau
The Palace of Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometres from the centre of Paris, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. The building is arranged around a series of courtyards...

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  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1631)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1631)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on May 30, 1631 between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France. The accord established a secret alliance between the two Catholic states during the Thirty Years' War.-Terms:...

    , signed on 30 May 1631 between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, established a secret alliance between the two Catholic states during the Thirty Years' War
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1661), between France and Sweden, in which France gave Sweden subsidies in exchange for support of the French choice for King of Poland
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on 23 August / 2 September 1679, ended hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire in the Scanian War. Denmark, pressured by France, restored all conquests made during the war to Sweden in turn for a "paltry indemnity". The treaty was confirmed,...

    , signed on 23 August 1679. French-dictated peace between Denmark–Norway and Sweden during the Scanian War
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1743), established the second Bourbon Family Compact between France and Spain
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1745)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1745)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on October 24, 1745 in Fontainebleau, France between Louis XV of France and the pretender to the British throne Charles Edward Stuart. Based on the terms of the accord, both signatories agreed to establish a military alliance against George II of Great Britain...

    , which established a military alliance between Louis XV of France and Charles Edward Stuart
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a secret agreement in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty followed the last battle in the French and Indian War, the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762, which confirmed British control of Canada. However, the associated Seven Years War continued...

    , a secret agreement in which France ceded the colony of Louisiana to Spain prior to the 1763 Treaty of Paris, but which was implemented in 1764
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on November 8, 1785 in Fontainebleau between Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy, and the States-General of the United Provinces. Based on the terms of the accord, the United Provinces was permitted to maintain sovereignty over the...

     between the Dutch Republic and Emperor Joseph II regarding the Scheldt Estuary
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on 27 October 1807 in Fontainebleau between Charles IV of Spain and Napoleon I of France. The accord divided Portugal and all Portuguese dominions between the signatories. Individuals such as M. Izquierdo, councilor of Charles IV, and Don Manuel de Godoy were...

    , signed on 27 October between Spain and France, defined the occupation of Portugal and proposed the division of the country into three kingdoms as a result of the Peninsular War - the Kingdom of Northern Lusitania, Portugal (reduced in size) and the Algarve (expanded to include Alentejo)
  • The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
    Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
    The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement established in Fontainebleau on 11 April 1814 between Napoleon Bonaparte and representatives from Austria, Hungary and Bohemia , as well as Russia and Prussia. The treaty was signed at Paris on 11 April by the plenipotentiaries of both sides, and...

    , signed on 11 April, exiling Napoleon Bonaparte as the Emperor of Elba


It should not be confused with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes of 1598, had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state...

 (October 1685), an edict
Edict
An edict is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism. The Pope and various micronational leaders are currently the only persons who still issue edicts.-Notable edicts:...

 issued by Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...

 of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, best known as the "Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity...

" of 1598 (which had granted to the Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...

s the right to worship their religion without persecution from the state in a specified number of locations).
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