The Armistice of Villafranca, concluded by Napoleon III of France and Franz Joseph I of Austria on July 11, 1859, set the stage for the end of the Second Italian War of Independence.
The meeting between Napoleon III and Franz Joseph at Villafranca in a print of the time.
Lombardy-Venetia, a vassal kingdom of Austria, the main object of the Villafranca armistice.
Napoleon III of France proposed an armistice to Franz Joseph.
Franz Joseph portrayed in the year of Villafranca, 1859.
Second Italian War of Independence
The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859, was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification.
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, oil on canvas, 1863
Battle of Montebello
Garibaldi leads his Hunters of the Alps in the Battle of Varese.
Battle of San Martino