Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)

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bilateral agreement secret treaty treaty

The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement during the Seven Years' War in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain, reshaping colonial control in North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) canonical	3
Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ secret treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
affectedRegion	Louisiana Territory ⓘ Mississippi River valley ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River Valley North America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) ⓘ surface form: Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
archivedIn	Archives nationales ⓘ surface form: French national archives Spanish national archives ⓘ
cededBy	France ⓘ
cededTo	Spain ⓘ
characterizedAs	secret agreement ⓘ
countryGainingTerritory	Spain ⓘ
countryLosingTerritory	France ⓘ
dateSigned	1762-11-13 ⓘ
documentType	diplomatic agreement ⓘ
duringConflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
followedBy	formal recognition of Spanish control over Louisiana ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
influenced	balance of power in colonial North America ⓘ later Spanish administration of New Orleans ⓘ
involvedDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ
language	French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatusOfLouisianaAfter	Spanish colony ⓘ
longTermConsequence	establishment of Spanish rule in Louisiana ⓘ reconfiguration of colonial borders after the Seven Years' War ⓘ shift of French colonial power out of mainland North America ⓘ
madePublicAfter	Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Charles III of Spain ⓘ Louis XV of France ⓘ
partOf	Bourbon Family Compact between France and Spain ⓘ surface form: Bourbon Family Compact diplomacy
precededBy	military defeats of France in North America ⓘ
publiclyKnown	no ⓘ
purpose	to compensate Spain for losses to Britain during the Seven Years' War ⓘ to maintain Bourbon influence in North America ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
resultedIn	cession of Louisiana from France to Spain ⓘ
signatory	Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
signedIn	Fontainebleau, France ⓘ surface form: Fontainebleau Kingdom of France ⓘ
transferredTerritory	French colonial Louisiana ⓘ surface form: French Louisiana

Referenced by (4)

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

Treaties of the Kingdom of France → hasPart → Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) ⓘ

Spanish Louisiana → treaty → Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) ⓘ

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) → distinctFrom → Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) ⓘ

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)