Peace of Poznan
The Peace of Poznan was signed in Poznan on December 11, 1806 . He ended the war between France and the Electorate of Saxony, an ally of Prussia , during the Fourth Coalition War .
prehistory
In 1806, Saxony took part in the war against Napoleonic France on the side of Prussia. In the battle of Jena and Auerstedt in October 1806, 22,000 Saxon soldiers also fought. It ended in catastrophic defeat for Prussia and its allies. Saxony came under a French occupation regime for a short time, which forced it to make contributions and deliveries of aid. With the peace treaty of Poznan, the state of war between Saxony and France was ended.
consequences
Saxony had to join the Rhine Confederation , whereby Elector Friedrich August III. gave up his title and from then on ruled as Friedrich August I over the now Kingdom of Saxony . At the instigation of the French Emperor Napoleon , he had to grant his subjects freedom of belief and, as prince of the Confederation of the Rhine, let a Saxon corps fight against Prussia in the ongoing war. France waived further contribution payments and Saxony received an entitlement to the Prussian district of Kottbus for its future assignments of territory in the context of expected new borders.