- Treaty of Füssen
The Peace of Füssen ( _de. Frieden von Füssen) was a
peace treaty signed atFüssen ,Bavaria , between theElectorate of Bavaria and Habsburg Austria. Signed on22 April 1745 , it ended the participation ofBavaria on the French side in theWar of the Austrian Succession .Background
After the conquest of
Prague by Bavarian and French troops on26 November 1741 , Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria declared himself King ofBohemia . Elected Emperor Charles VII onJanuary 24 1742 , Charles Albert was then crowned on12 February .
On the same day as his coronation inFrankfurt , however, Austrian troops occupied Bavaria and Hungarianhussar s plunderedMunich . With French assistance, Bavaria fought Austria for three years, but was unable to secure victory.
When Charles VII died in Munich onJanuary 20 ,1745 , his successor as Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, signed a preliminary peace with Austria. But a strong war-party led by Ignaz von Törring and supported by France wanted to continue the war. After the decisive defeat in theBattle of Pfaffenhofen on April 15, Maximilian Joseph chose for peace.Peace treaty
The formal peace treaty signed in Füssen consisted of seventeen articles, two side articles, and a secret additional clause.
Maximilian abandoned his father's claims on Bohemia and the imperial crown and recognized the
Pragmatic Sanction . Austria did not demand any reparations and recognized the legitimacy of Charles VII's election asHoly Roman Emperor . Maximilian III promised to support the imperial candidacy of Maria Theresa's husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine, and to influence the votes of theElectoral Palatinate and theElectorate of Cologne .The treaty was signed by Joseph Fürst zu Fürstenberg of Bavaria and Rudolf Graf von Colloredo of Austria.
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