The Treaty of Schönbrunn , sometimes known as the Treaty of Vienna, was signed between France

First French Empire

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 and Austria

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 at the Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace

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 of Vienna

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 on 14 October 1809. This treaty

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 ended the Fifth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars

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. Austria had been defeated, and France imposed harsh peace terms.

Austria ceded Salzburg

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 to Bavaria

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, West Galicia

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 to the Duchy of Warsaw

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, Tarnopol district to the Russian Empire

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 and Trieste

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 and Croatia

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 south of the Sava River

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 to France (see Illyrian provinces

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).

Austria recognized Napoleon's

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 previous conquests from other nations as well as recognizing Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte

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 as King of Spain

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. Austria also paid to France a large indemnity and the Austrian army was reduced to 150,000 men - a promise not fulfilled.

Britain remained at war with France, one contemporary British view on the treaty was:

Assassination attempt

During the negotiations at Schönbrunn, Napoleon narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. On October 12, the emperor exited the palace with a large entourage to observe a military parade. A 17-year-old German patriot, Friedrich Staps

Friedrich Staps

Friedrich Staps was an attempted assassin on Napoleon during the negotiations at Schönbrunn.-Biography:He was a son of a pastor and became a merchant, working at Erfurt and Leipzig...

, demanded an audience with Napoleon to present a petition, but was refused by the emperor's aide Jean Rapp

Jean Rapp

Jean Rapp was a French Army general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Rapp was born the son of the janitor of the town-hall of Colmar. He began theological studies to became a clergy man, but with his build and heated character, he was better suited to the military,...

. Shortly thereafter, Rapp observed Staps approaching Napoleon from a different direction, and had him arrested. Taken to the palace, Staps was found to be carrying a kitchen knife inside his coat, concealed inside the petition. Staps then admitted his plans to kill the emperor. Napoleon asked whether Staps would thank him if he was pardoned, to which Staps replied: "I would kill you none the less."

Napoleon left Vienna on October 16, and the next day, Staps was shot outside the palace. At this execution, he is said to have shouted "Long live freedom! Long live Germany!"

Staps soon came to be seen as a martyr of the burgeoning German nationalism. He was the subject of a poem by Christian Friedrich Hebbel

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 and a play by Walter von Molo

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.