Treaties of Tilsit
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The Treaties of Tilsit, also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit, were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at
The Meeting of Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit, by Adolphe Roehn, 1808
A French medallion dating from the post-Tilsit period. It shows the French and Russian emperors embracing each other.
Napoleon, Alexander I of Russia, Queen Louise of Prussia, and Frederick William III in Tilsit
Farewell of Napoleon and Alexander after the Peace of Tilsit by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
War of the Fourth Coalition
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The War of the Fourth Coalition was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being defeated. The main coalition partners were Pr
Treaties of Tilsit
…by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit (today Sovetsk, Russia) in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland, at the end of the War of the Fourth Coalition. The first was signed on 7 July, between Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander I, when they met on a raft in the middle of the Neman river. The second…
War of the 4th Coalition
Officers of the élite Prussian Gardes du Corps, wishing to provoke war, ostentatiously sharpen their swords on the steps of the French embassy in Berlin in the autumn of 1806 (drawing by Felician Myrbach)
Queen Louise
Aftermath of the Battle of Eylau