Treaty of Baden

The Treaty of Baden was the treaty that ended hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire, who had been at war since the start of the War of the Spanish Succession. It was signed on 7 September 1714 in Baden, Switzerland and complemented the Treaty of Utrecht, and the Treaty of Rastatt by which Emperor Karl VI accepted the Utrecht Treaty on behalf of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the Baden Treaty, the formally missing terms of peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire were agreed, and thereby the last of the many conflicts within War of the Spanish Succession was ended.

• Under the treaty Austria got the Southern Netherlands and the Spanish territories in Italy, i.e. Naples (yet not Sicily), Milan, Mantua, and Sardinia.
• The treaty allowed France to retain Alsace, and gave the East bank of the Rhine river (Breisgau) to Austria.
• The prince electors of Bavaria and Cologne were reinstated in their territories and their positions.
• Emperor Karl VI kept the title of King of Spain and the Spanish heritage - which was in fact of no value, since in Spain the power remained with king Philip V of Spain alone.

See also

• List of treaties

External links

• The New York Times - Baden
• 1911 Encyclopedia - Baden
• 1911 Encyclopedia - Treaty of Utrecht