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The Treaty of Lunéville was signed on February 9, 1801 between the French Republic and the Austrian Empire by Louis, Count Cobentzel, and Joseph Bonaparte.The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 and then by Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on December 3. Forced to sue for peace they signed another in a series of treaties. The treaty marked the end of the Second Coalition, Britain was the sole nation still fighting with FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents..
The treaty declared that "there shall be henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding". The treaty required AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo FormioThe Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on October 17, 1797 (26 Vendemiaire, Year VI of the French Republic) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl as representatives of France and Austria. It marked the collapse of the First Coalition, the vict (October 27, 1797). Certain Austria holdings in GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east were to be given up and the Emperor was to renounce all claims to the Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Romisches Reich was a political conglomeration of lands in western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. Emerging from the eastern part of the Frankish realm after its division in the Treaty of Verdun ( 843), it l, French control was extended up to the left bank of the RhineAt 1,320 km (820 miles), the Rhine River ( German Rhein French Rhin Dutch Rijn is one of the longest rivers in Europe. Its name is derived from the Celtic word renos (meaning "raging flow"). Together with the Danube it formed most of the northern frontier "in complete sovereignty" while they renounced possession of territories east of the RhineAt 1,320 km (820 miles), the Rhine River ( German Rhein French Rhin Dutch Rijn is one of the longest rivers in Europe. Its name is derived from the Celtic word renos (meaning "raging flow"). Together with the Danube it formed most of the northern frontier. Contested boundaries in ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer were set and the grand duchy of TuscanyTuscany ( Italian Toscana is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. It is often regarded as among the most beautiful parts of Italy. went to the French, with the duke compensated in Germany. The two parties agreed to respect the independence of the Batavian, Cisalpine, Helvetic and Ligurian republics
The Austrians re-entered the Napoleonic Wars in 1805.
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