Treaty of Paris (1815)

Treaty of Paris (1815) (Second Treaty of Paris) (Paris Peace Treaty 1815) – a peace treaty between the members of the seventh anti-French coalition (Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia) and France, in which the Bourbon power was restored for the second time. The representatives of France were first Talleyrand, then Richelieu, Russia – Razumovsky and I. Kapodistrias, Prussia – Hardenberg and Humboldt, Austria – Metternich and Wissenburg, England – R.S. Kestlerie and Wellington. Prussia strenuously insisted on the cession of Alsace to it, but Russia resisted any encroachments on French territories for a long time. England joined Russia, and Prussia had to yield. In general terms France was returned to the borders in 1790. However, Avignon and small territories in Alsace and Lorraine, which had not previously belonged to it, were reserved for France. France had to return to Prussia Saarlouis and Saarbrücken with their territory, the Netherlands – the Duchy of Bouillon and the...