Treaty of Paris (1796)

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The Treaty of Paris of May 15, 1796 regulated the annexation of the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice and their incorporation into French territory, recognized by the House of Savoy . Furthermore, the French were allowed free passage through Piedmont . The Sardinian King Viktor Amadeus III. signed the treaty in the face of military pressure from the revolutionary army under Napoleon Bonaparte . The king died only a few months after this incident.

During Napoleon's Italian campaign, the French had been victorious over the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont on April 12 at Montenotte , on April 13 at Millesimo and on April 22, 1796 at Mondovì . The armistice with the kingdom in Cherasco followed a week later . Sardinia-Piedmont was eliminated from the first coalition war against the Republic of France.

The Parisian interest in Savoy went back to the year 1792, when the country had become part of France "provisionally" as the 84th French department named "Mont-Blanc" after the turmoil of the revolution. Sardinia-Piedmont then declared war.

The kingdom was not satisfied with the loss of territory, however. In the First Peace of Paris , parts of the territory of Savoy were returned, and in the Second Peace of Paris the entire territory was enforced by King Victor Emanuel I of defeated France.