Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)
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The Treaty of Aranjuez was signed on 21 March 1801 between France and Spain. It confirmed a previous secret agreement in which Spain agreed to exchange Louisiana for territories in Tuscany. The treaty
Louis I of Etruria, younger son of Ferdinand of Parma, and son-in-law of Charles IV of Spain
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between Spain and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North American colony of Loui
Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)
…six French ships of the line and compensation in Italy to make it politically acceptable to Charles IV of Spain. Terms were agreed in the October 1800 Third Treaty of San Ildefonso but kept secret, as French Foreign Minister Talleyrand was negotiating the Convention of 1800 with the United States, which was deeply concerned by…
Charles Talleyrand, long-serving French Foreign Minister; the Treaty was part of a complex web of related agreements
Northern Italy in 1799
Mariano Luis de Urquijo, Spanish signatory