Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
E369669
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement during the Seven Years' War in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain, reshaping colonial control in North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) canonical | 3 |
| Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3562626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) Context triple: [Treaties of the Kingdom of France, hasPart, Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)]
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Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679) was a peace agreement brokered under French influence that helped end the Scanian War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden, reshaping power dynamics in Northern Europe.
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Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) was an agreement between Napoleonic France and Spain that secretly arranged the partition and occupation of Portugal, paving the way for French intervention in the Iberian Peninsula and the Peninsular War.
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Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) was the agreement that ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as Emperor of the French and exiled him to the island of Elba after his defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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Second Treaty of Paris
The Second Treaty of Paris was the 1815 peace agreement that formally ended the Napoleonic Wars after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, redefining France’s borders and obligations to the victorious Allied powers.
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E.
Treaty of 1799
The Treaty of 1799 was the agreement imposed by the British and their allies on Mysore after Tipu Sultan’s defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, leading to major territorial losses and the reorganization of the Mysore kingdom under a British-controlled regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) Target entity description: The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement during the Seven Years' War in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain, reshaping colonial control in North America.
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A.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679) was a peace agreement brokered under French influence that helped end the Scanian War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden, reshaping power dynamics in Northern Europe.
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B.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) was an agreement between Napoleonic France and Spain that secretly arranged the partition and occupation of Portugal, paving the way for French intervention in the Iberian Peninsula and the Peninsular War.
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C.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) was the agreement that ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as Emperor of the French and exiled him to the island of Elba after his defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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D.
Second Treaty of Paris
The Second Treaty of Paris was the 1815 peace agreement that formally ended the Napoleonic Wars after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, redefining France’s borders and obligations to the victorious Allied powers.
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E.
Treaty of 1799
The Treaty of 1799 was the agreement imposed by the British and their allies on Mysore after Tipu Sultan’s defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, leading to major territorial losses and the reorganization of the Mysore kingdom under a British-controlled regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral agreement
ⓘ
secret treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Louisiana Territory
ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
North America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
ⓘ
surface form:
Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
|
| archivedIn |
Archives nationales
ⓘ
surface form:
French national archives
Spanish national archives ⓘ |
| cededBy | France ⓘ |
| cededTo | Spain ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | secret agreement ⓘ |
| countryGainingTerritory | Spain ⓘ |
| countryLosingTerritory | France ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1762-11-13 ⓘ |
| documentType | diplomatic agreement ⓘ |
| duringConflict | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| followedBy | formal recognition of Spanish control over Louisiana ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
balance of power in colonial North America
ⓘ
later Spanish administration of New Orleans ⓘ |
| involvedDynasty | House of Bourbon ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfLouisianaAfter | Spanish colony ⓘ |
| longTermConsequence |
establishment of Spanish rule in Louisiana
ⓘ
reconfiguration of colonial borders after the Seven Years' War ⓘ shift of French colonial power out of mainland North America ⓘ |
| madePublicAfter | Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
Charles III of Spain
ⓘ
Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bourbon Family Compact between France and Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Bourbon Family Compact diplomacy
|
| precededBy | military defeats of France in North America ⓘ |
| publiclyKnown | no ⓘ |
| purpose |
to compensate Spain for losses to Britain during the Seven Years' War
ⓘ
to maintain Bourbon influence in North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ |
| resultedIn | cession of Louisiana from France to Spain ⓘ |
| signatory |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| signedIn |
Fontainebleau, France
ⓘ
surface form:
Fontainebleau
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| transferredTerritory |
French colonial Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
French Louisiana
|
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Subject: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) Description of subject: The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement during the Seven Years' War in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain, reshaping colonial control in North America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)