Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso)

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The Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796, formalized by the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso, was a military and political pact that bound revolutionary France and Bourbon Spain together against Great Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
defensive alliance ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
offensive alliance ⓘ
aimedAgainst British commerce ⓘ
British maritime power ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 ⓘ
Second Treaty of San Ildefonso ⓘ
category 1796 in international relations ⓘ
Treaties of France ⓘ
Treaties of Spain ⓘ
Treaties of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
context War of the First Coalition ⓘ
countrySignatory French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
established offensive and defensive alliance between France and Spain ⓘ
historicalEra late 18th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Age of Revolutions
includedProvision coordination of fleets in the Atlantic and Mediterranean ⓘ
mutual naval cooperation against Britain ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalForm treaty of alliance ⓘ
location Royal Site of San Ildefonso ⓘ
motivatedBy French desire to isolate Great Britain diplomatically and militarily ⓘ
Spanish desire to recover losses and security after the War of the Pyrenees ⓘ
negotiatedBy French diplomatic representatives of the Directory ⓘ
Manuel Godoy ⓘ
obligedFranceTo defend Spanish territories ⓘ
support Spanish interests against Britain ⓘ
obligedSpainTo declare war on Great Britain ⓘ
support French military operations against Britain ⓘ
opposedTo Great Britain ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ
replaced First Treaty of Basel (Franco-Spanish peace of 1795) ⓘ
resultedIn Franco-Spanish naval cooperation at the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) ⓘ
Franco-Spanish naval cooperation at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) ⓘ
Spanish declaration of war on Great Britain in 1796 ⓘ
entry of Spain into the war on the French side ⓘ
signatoryGovernment French Directory ⓘ
signatoryRuler Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
signedAt San Ildefonso, Spain ⓘ
signedOn 1796-08-19 ⓘ
strengthened French influence over Spanish foreign policy ⓘ
weakened Spanish maritime and colonial position vis-à-vis Britain ⓘ

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Peace of Basel between France and Spain → followedBy → Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso) ⓘ
Blockade of Cádiz → opponentAlliance → Franco-Spanish alliance ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso)
Spain became diplomatically closer to France → followedBy → Spanish–French alliance against Britain (from 1796) ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso)
Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso) → alsoKnownAs → Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso)
Combined Franco-Spanish fleet → alliance → Franco-Spanish alliance ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Spanish alliance of 1796 (Second Treaty of San Ildefonso)