Paris Treaty (1810)
The Paris Treaty of February 28, 1810 between France and Bavaria was about an agreement on regional consolidation. Bavaria was otherwise compensated for territorial losses.
The southern part of Tyrol , which until then belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria, had to be surrendered to the Kingdom of Italy under pressure from Napoleon . There were also some border corrections on the western edge of Bavaria in favor of the Grand Duchy of Würzburg ( Schweinfurt and parts of the Main district) and the Kingdom of Württemberg ( Buchhorn , Wangen , Leutkirch , Ravensburg , Bopfingen and Ulm ).
In return, King Maximilian I received the Margraviate of Bayreuth , the Principality of Regensburg , the Innkreis , half of the Hausruckviertel and areas around Salzburg ( Salzachkreis ) including the territory of the former prince-provost of Berchtesgaden .
The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth had been occupied by the French military since October 1806. After the Fourth Coalition War , the Peace of Tilsit also formally passed from Prussian ownership to Napoleon Bonaparte, and it formed part of the French Empire. France received 15 million francs from the Bavarian treasury for the transfer of territory.
The Principality of Regensburg was ruled by Karl Theodor von Dalberg until the transition to Bavaria . The primate of the Rhine Confederation rose to Grand Duke and was compensated for his loss of Regensburg territory with the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , which arose from the principalities of Fulda and Hanau , the county of Wetzlar and through secularization . These changes in power had recently been accepted by Dalberg in a treaty in Paris on February 16, 1810.
The Peace of Schönbrunn of October 14, 1809, after the Fifth Coalition War lost by Austria , already provided for the change of Salzburg from Habsburg ownership to Bavaria.
All in all, Bavaria lost an estimated 490,000 inhabitants due to the loss of its land, but gained around 565,000 new ones through the exchanged.
See also
- Border treaty between Bavaria and Württemberg 1810
- Border treaty between Württemberg and Baden 1810
- Border treaty between Baden and Hesse in 1810