Preliminaries of Leoben

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The Preliminaries of Leoben were a set of provisional peace terms agreed in April 1797 between revolutionary France and Austria that paved the way for the later Treaty of Campo Formio and marked a major turning point in the War of the First Coalition.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic agreement
preliminary peace treaty
belligerentSide Austria
revolutionary France
conflict War of the First Coalition
countryInvolved French First Republic
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
countryOfLocation Austria
dateSigned 18 April 1797
followedBy Campo Formio peace settlement
Treaty of Campo Formio
historicalPeriod French Revolution era
language French
German
location Leoben
namedAfter Leoben
negotiatedBy Austrian plenipotentiaries
Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
partOf French Revolutionary Wars
precedes formal cession of Austrian Netherlands in later treaties
regionConcerned Northern Italy
Southern Germany
result major turning point in the War of the First Coalition
paved the way for the Treaty of Campo Formio
provisional peace terms between France and Austria
significantFor French territorial expansion in Italy
diplomatic isolation of some remaining Coalition powers
end of the War of the First Coalition between France and Austria
status superseded by Treaty of Campo Formio
typeOfAgreement armistice and framework for final peace
year 1797

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Treaty of Campo Formio
predecessor

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