Treaty of Rastatt

The Treaty of Rastatt was negotiated by Marshal of France, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, and the Austrian Prince Eugene of Savoy.

In June 1713, France launched its Rhine campaign against the Holy Roman Empire and conquered Kaiserslautern, Landau and Breisgau.

After those defeats, Emperor Charles VI accepted an offer by Louis XIV of France to reopen negotiations.

As a result of the treaty, the Habsburg Empire reached its largest territorial extent since the division of the possessions of Charles V in 1556.

Moreover, bargaining in Rastatt enabled Austria to gain much more than it was offered at Utrecht, where it had originally also participated as a negotiating party.

Silver commemorative medal minted to mark the Treaty of Rastatt, dated 1714. Obv : busts of Franziska Sibylle Auguste and her son Ludwig Georg . Rev : view of the entrance of Schloss Rastatt