Plombières Agreement

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The Plombières Agreement was a secret 1858 understanding between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia in which Napoleon III informally promised military support to Count Cavour against Austria in exchange for territorial concessions in Italy, paving the way for Italian unification and later formalized in the Treaty of Turin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral political understanding ⓘ
secret diplomatic agreement ⓘ
aim Italian unification under the House of Savoy ⓘ
expulsion of Austria from northern Italy ⓘ
reorganization of the Italian peninsula ⓘ
beneficiary France ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
condition territorial concessions in Italy to France ⓘ
confidentiality secret understanding ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
date 21 July 1858 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Turin ⓘ
formalizationDate 1860 ⓘ
formalizedIn Treaty of Turin ⓘ
historicalContext Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
historicalPeriod Risorgimento ⓘ
influenced process of Italian unification ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
linkedTo Italian unification ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Plombières-les-Bains ⓘ
mainAdversary Austria ⓘ
Austrian Empire ⓘ
nature secret ⓘ
negotiatedBy Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
participant Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
party France ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
politicalObjectiveOfFrance territorial expansion ⓘ
weakening of Austria ⓘ
politicalObjectiveOfSardinia expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
unification of northern and central Italy ⓘ
resultedIn French military intervention against Austria in 1859 ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
strengthening of Sardinia-Piedmont ⓘ
weakening of Austrian influence in Italy ⓘ
supportAgainst Austria ⓘ
Austrian Empire ⓘ
supportPromisedBy Napoleon III ⓘ
supportPromisedTo Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
territorialConsequence cession of Nice to France ⓘ
cession of Savoy to France ⓘ
typeOfSupport military support ⓘ
year 1858 ⓘ

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Treaty of Turin (1860) → relatedTo → Plombières Agreement ⓘ
Italian Risorgimento → hasPart → Plombières Agreement ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence → hasCause → Plombières Agreement between France and Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Plombières Agreement
Italian Wars of Independence → diplomaticAgreement → Plombières Agreement ⓘ
Plombières-les-Bains → notableEvent → Plombières Agreement of 1858 ⓘ
linked to: Plombières Agreement
Sardinian War → cause → Agreement between Cavour and Napoleon III at Plombières (1858) ⓘ
linked to: Plombières Agreement