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Also, preliminary negotiations, held before the 1763 Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Seven Years' War, were at Fontainebleau. During the French Revolution, Fontainebleau was temporarily renamed Fontaine-la-Montagne, meaning "Fountain by the Mountain". (The mountain referred to is the series of rocky formations located in the forest of ...
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement concluded in Fontainebleau, France, on 11 April 1814 between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia and Prussia. The treaty was signed in Paris on 11 April by the plenipotentiaries of both sides and ratified by Napoleon on 13 April. [ 1 ]
Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
A declaration that "Catholicism was the religion of the great majority of the French" but not the official state religion, thus maintaining religious freedom, in particular with respect to Protestants. The Papacy had the right to depose bishops; the French government still, since the Concordat of Bologna in 1516, nominated them.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on November 3, 1762, was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty followed the last battle in the French and Indian War in North America, the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762, which confirmed British control of Canada .
German, French The Treaty of Fontainebleau ( German : Vertrag von Fontainebleau ) was signed on 30 May 1631 during the Thirty Years' War , at the Palace of Fontainebleau . It was a pact of mutual assistance between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria , and France , for a period of eight years.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1661), a treaty between France and the Swedish Empire for support of the French choice for King of Poland; Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679), a treaty between Denmark–Norway and Sweden during the Scanian War; Treaty of Fontainebleau (1743), a treaty between France and Spain that established the second Bourbon Family Compact