Armistice of Villafranca
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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.
The Second Italian War of Independence 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 Unific
Armistice of Villafranca
…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. It was the consequence of a unilateral decision by France, which, at war alongside the Kingdom of Sardinia against Austria, needed to conclude peace…
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