Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)
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The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785) was an agreement between the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II that settled disputes over navigation and trade on the Scheldt River, helping to stabilize relations in the Austrian Netherlands region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6508462 — 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 (1785) Context triple: [Treaties of the Dutch Republic, notableExample, Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)]
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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 (1762)
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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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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E.
Treaty of Paris (1796)
The Treaty of Paris (1796) was a peace agreement concluded during the French Revolutionary Wars that helped redefine territorial and political arrangements between revolutionary France and its adversaries in Europe.
- 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 (1785) Target entity description: The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785) was an agreement between the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II that settled disputes over navigation and trade on the Scheldt River, helping to stabilize relations in the Austrian Netherlands region.
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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 (1762)
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Treaty of Paris (1796)
The Treaty of Paris (1796) was a peace agreement concluded during the French Revolutionary Wars that helped redefine territorial and political arrangements between revolutionary France and its adversaries in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international agreement
ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Treaty of Fontainebleau between the Dutch Republic and the Emperor (1785) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Austrian Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToWaterway | Scheldt River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSigning | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1785-11-08 ⓘ |
| field |
diplomatic history
ⓘ
international law ⓘ |
| followedBy | Treaty of The Hague (1790) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
late Ancien Régime in the Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
prelude to the Brabant Revolution ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding international treaty ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
to settle disputes over navigation and trade on the Scheldt River
ⓘ
to stabilize relations between the Dutch Republic and Joseph II ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
envoys of Joseph II
ⓘ
envoys of the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of the Austrian Netherlands
ⓘ
history of the Dutch Republic ⓘ history of the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Fontainebleau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Treaty of Münster (1648)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Austrian Netherlands crisis of 1784–1785
NERFINISHED
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Scheldt Question ⓘ closure of the Scheldt ⓘ |
| result |
confirmation of Dutch control over Scheldt navigation
ⓘ
financial compensation to Joseph II ⓘ stabilization of relations in the Austrian Netherlands region ⓘ |
| signatory |
Dutch Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedAt | Palace of Fontainebleau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Austrian Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
border and commercial disputes ⓘ navigation rights on the Scheldt River ⓘ trade on the Scheldt River ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1785 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785) Description of subject: The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785) was an agreement between the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II that settled disputes over navigation and trade on the Scheldt River, helping to stabilize relations in the Austrian Netherlands region.
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