Plombières Agreement

E123796

bilateral political understanding secret diplomatic agreement

The Plombières Agreement was a secret 1858 understanding between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia in which Napoleon III informally promised military support to Count Cavour against Austria in exchange for territorial concessions in Italy, paving the way for Italian unification and later formalized in the Treaty of Turin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plombières Agreement canonical	3
Plombières Agreement between France and Sardinia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral political understanding ⓘ secret diplomatic agreement ⓘ
aim	Italian unification under the House of Savoy ⓘ expulsion of Austria from northern Italy ⓘ reorganization of the Italian peninsula ⓘ
beneficiary	France ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
condition	territorial concessions in Italy to France ⓘ
confidentiality	secret understanding ⓘ
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
date	21 July 1858 ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Turin (1860) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Turin
formalizationDate	1860 ⓘ
formalizedIn	Treaty of Turin (1860) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Turin
historicalContext	Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Risorgimento
influenced	process of Italian unification ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation	French ⓘ Italian ⓘ
linkedTo	Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification
location	France ⓘ Plombières-les-Bains ⓘ
mainAdversary	Austria ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
nature	secret ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ Napoleon III of France ⓘ surface form: Napoleon III
participant	Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ Napoleon III of France ⓘ surface form: Napoleon III
party	France ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
politicalObjectiveOfFrance	territorial expansion ⓘ weakening of Austria ⓘ
politicalObjectiveOfSardinia	expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ unification of northern and central Italy ⓘ
resultedIn	French military intervention against Austria in 1859 ⓘ Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ strengthening of Sardinia-Piedmont ⓘ weakening of Austrian influence in Italy ⓘ
supportAgainst	Austria ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
supportPromisedBy	Napoleon III of France ⓘ surface form: Napoleon III
supportPromisedTo	Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
territorialConsequence	cession of Nice to France ⓘ cession of Savoy to France ⓘ
typeOfSupport	military support ⓘ
year	1858 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Turin (1860) → relatedTo → Plombières Agreement ⓘ

Italian Risorgimento → hasPart → Plombières Agreement ⓘ

Second Italian War of Independence → hasCause → Plombières Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plombières Agreement between France and Sardinia

Italian Wars of Independence → diplomaticAgreement → Plombières Agreement ⓘ