Battles & Campaigns · 1801
Treaty of Lunéville
Treaty House, Lunéville, France
What happened
Joseph Bonaparte for France and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl for Austria signed the treaty. Austria had lost battles against Napoleon's armies in Italy and Germany. In the Treaty House in Lunéville, Austria agreed that the whole left bank of the Rhine would go to France.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It ended Austria's part in the French Revolutionary Wars. Only Britain was still at war with France, for one more year.
What came next
German princes who lost land were paid with church lands in 1803, which reshaped the Holy Roman Empire. Austria went to war with France again in 1805.
Did you know?
The treaty was signed at five o'clock in the evening, on 9 February 1801.
Timeline
- 9 February 1801The Treaty of Lunéville is signed.
- 25 February 1803German lands are reorganised.
- 1805Austria goes to war with France again.
- 1806The Holy Roman Empire is dissolved.