The treaty was passionately backed by the Crown Prince Louis and by Marshal von Wrede.
[1] The treaty was drafted by Klemens von Metternich, who assembled the German partners in the Sixth Coalition.
By separating Bavaria from the Confederation of the Rhine, Metternich checked the ambitions of German nationalists such as Baron von Stein, who had been aiming to use the fall of Napoleon to create a pan-German state.
The secret articles in the treaty guaranteed full sovereignty to Bavaria under its existing borders.
[2] The enactment of the treaty broke Napoleon's supply lines, and two weeks later, he was defeated at the Battle of Leipzig.