Second Treaty of Paris

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The Second Treaty of Paris was the 1815 peace agreement that formally ended the Napoleonic Wars after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, redefining France’s borders and obligations to the victorious Allied powers.

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Second Treaty of Paris canonical 11
Treaty of Paris (1814) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
international treaty
peace treaty
aimedTo prevent future French aggression
stabilize the European balance of power
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Paris (1815)
surface form: Treaty of Paris of 1815
beneficiaryOfTerritory German states
Netherlands
Prussia
Sardinia
concludedIn 1815
confirmed decisions of the Congress of Vienna
endedConflict Napoleonic Wars
War of the Seventh Coalition
followedEvent Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon’s second abdication
follows Treaty of Paris (1763)
surface form: First Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris (1814)
surface form: Treaty of Paris of 1814
hasName Second Treaty of Paris self-link
historicalSignificance formal end of the Napoleonic Wars
marked the beginning of the post-Napoleonic European order
imposedIndemnityOn France
imposedOn Bourbon Restoration
surface form: Bourbon Restoration France
indemnityAmount 700 million francs
indemnityCurrency gold francs
linkedAgreement Holy Alliance
Quadruple Alliance (1815)
surface form: Quadruple Alliance of 1815
occupationCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
surface form: Duke of Wellington
occupationDuration up to five years
occupationForceSize about 150,000 Allied troops
politicalConsequence strengthening of the Bourbon monarchy in France
precedes Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)
principalAlliedRepresentative Count Karl Nesselrode
Karl August von Hardenberg
Klemens von Metternich
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
principalFrenchRepresentative Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
surface form: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
redefinedBordersOf France
requiredOccupationOf French territory
requiredRestitutionOf artworks taken by France during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
signatory Austria
Bavaria
Denmark
France
German states of the Confederation
Hanover
Netherlands
Portugal
Prussia
Russia
Sardinia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Württemberg
signedIn Paris
signedOn 20 November 1815
territorialClause France reduced to its 1790 frontiers with minor modifications
territorialLoss Landau
Saarland
surface form: Saarbrücken region

fortresses along the northeastern frontier of France
parts of Savoy

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Treaty of Paris (1815) alsoKnownAs Second Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1815) follows Second Treaty of Paris
this entity surface form: Treaty of Paris (1814)
Battle of Waterloo followedBy Second Treaty of Paris
Congress of Vienna follows Second Treaty of Paris
this entity surface form: Treaty of Paris (1814)
War of the Seventh Coalition treaty Second Treaty of Paris
Les Cent-Jours associatedTreaty Second Treaty of Paris
Occupation of France (1815–1818) hasCause Second Treaty of Paris
Second Treaty of Paris hasName Second Treaty of Paris self-link
Quadruple Alliance (1815) relatedEvent Second Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1814) followedBy Second Treaty of Paris
post-Napoleonic era hasKeyEvent Second Treaty of Paris
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) follows Second Treaty of Paris
Allied Council in Paris hasContext Second Treaty of Paris