Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)

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bilateral treaty international agreement secret treaty

The Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) was a secret agreement by which Spain retroceded the vast territory of Louisiana to France, reshaping the balance of power in North America and paving the way for the Louisiana Purchase.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso	2
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ secret treaty ⓘ
affectedRegion	Louisiana Territory ⓘ North America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ surface form: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
category	Treaties involving France ⓘ Treaties involving Spain ⓘ Treaties of 1800 ⓘ
characteristic	secret agreement ⓘ
concerns	Territory of Orleans ⓘ surface form: Louisiana colony colonial territories in the Americas ⓘ
concludedIn	San Ildefonso, Spain ⓘ
historicalContext	post-French Revolutionary Wars diplomacy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic era ⓘ
impact	reshaped balance of power in North America ⓘ
influenced	United States territorial expansion ⓘ geopolitics of the Mississippi River valley ⓘ
language	French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France ⓘ
legalStatusOfLouisiana	returned to French control ⓘ
locationCountry	Spain ⓘ
negotiatedBy	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ
party	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ
pavedWayFor	Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
precedes	Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
preconditionFor	sale of Louisiana to the United States ⓘ
relatedEvent	Louisiana Purchase ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
relatedTo	Franco-Spanish relations ⓘ French colonial expansion ⓘ Spanish colonial policy ⓘ
retrocededTerritory	Louisiana ⓘ
signatory	French Republic ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
signedIn	San Ildefonso, Spain ⓘ
signedOn	1800-10-01 ⓘ
status	implemented ⓘ
subject	retrocession of Louisiana ⓘ
transferredFrom	Spain ⓘ
transferredTo	France ⓘ
typeOfTransfer	territorial retrocession ⓘ
year	1800 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

Charles IV of Spain → notableEvent → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ

Manuel Godoy → notableWork → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ

Louisiana Purchase → precededBy → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) → successor → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)