Peace of Pressburg (1805)

The treaty was signed by Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and the Hungarian Count Ignác Gyulay for the Austrian Empire and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand for France.

The French gains of the previous treaties of Campo Formio and Lunéville were reiterated, while recent Austrian acquisitions in Italy and southern Germany were ceded to France and Bavaria, respectively.

The scattered Austrian holdings in Swabia were passed to French allies – the King of Württemberg, and the Elector of Baden – while Bavaria received Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

Francis II also recognized the kingly titles assumed by the Electors of Bavaria and Württemberg, which foreshadowed the end of the Holy Roman Empire.

Within months of the signing of the treaty and after a new entity, the Confederation of the Rhine, had been created by Napoleon, Francis II renounced his title as Holy Roman Emperor.

Contemporary print advertising the Peace of Pressburg
Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz by Antoine-Jean Gros , 1812. The two Emperors agreed to an armistice that led on to the fuller negotiations at Pressburg.
The Primate's Palace , where the Peace of Pressburg was signed