Renewal of Secret Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor and Brandenburg
(L. S.) N. LILLIENROOT.
(L. S.) J. WILLIAMSON.
(L. S.) J. v. ESSEN.
(L. S.) Fr. v. BREEDENHOF. Oofthuyfen.
(L. S.) A. HEINSIUS.
(L. S.) W. de NASSAU.
(L. S.) E. de WEEDE.
(L. S.) W. van HAAREN.
(L. S.) Ar. LEMKER.
(L. S.) L. van GOCKINGASeparate and Secrete Articles
Forafmuch as there is a defenfive league concluded this day,
between his facred royal majefty of Sweden, his facred royal
majefty of Great Britain, and the high and mighty lords the
States General of the United Netherlands, and it has been
thought, for the common intereft, to add certain articles to it,
which fhall be of the fame validity, as if they were expreffed in
the treaty itfelf. It is therefore agreed as follows :
I. The confederates abovementioned, fhall not only defend
and maintain the peace and treaties mentioned in the 6th and
7th articles of the principal league, but alfo the treaty of peace
concluded at Ryfwicke, the 2oth of September, 1697, between
the kings of France and Spain.
II. If the king of Great Britain, and the lords the States Gen-
eral, fhall be compelled to take up arms for the vindication or
guaranty of the peace of Ryfwicke, in that cafe the king of Swe-
den fhall be obliged, inftead of the 6000 foldiers mentioned in
the 8th article of the principal treaty, to furnifh them with
10,000 foldiers, well clothed and armed, together with the nec-
effary field-pieces ; and the king of Great Britain, or the lords
the States General, fhall pay nothing for muftering and
tranfmitting them ; but the confederate who fhall require thofe
auxiliary forces, fhall maintain them, and pay them their wages,
from the very time that they fet out from their pofts in Pomera-
nia and Bremen, according to the accuftomed rule and method
in the pay of the forces of the lords the States General ; and it
fhall be free for thofe forces, at all times, to be recruited in the
kingdoms and countries fubject to his facred royal majefty of
Sweden.
III. Neither of the confederates fhall be obliged to fend the
promifed fuccours to Italy, Spain, or other places of the fame or
greater diftance ; and if the confederate who calls for fuccours
has need of them there, he fhall fend for them elfewhere ; but, in
the mean time, he may make ufe of the faid auxiliary forces in
his own or neighbouring countries, as well to divert the enemy,
as to defend himfelf and his confederates.
IV. Forafmuch alfo, as the tranquility of the North is what
the confederate powers abovementioned have very much at
heart ; and whereas for that end they have each of them feverally
conftituted themfelves heretofore as fureties and guarantees of
the treaty concluded at Altena, between the king of Denmark
and the duke of Holftein Gottorp ; and fince they are of opinion
that the faid tranquility of the North depends very much on the
obfervation of this treaty, they have therefore thought fit to bind
one another again by this fame treaty, to be fureties and guaran-
tees of the faid treaty of Altena ; and this furetifhip and guar-
anty fhall, for the prefent, take place againft any attack and vio-
lence whatfoever : and as for the controverfy between the king
of Denmark and the duke of Holftein Gottorp, it fhall be
referred to the negotiation at Pinnenberg, there to be decided as
foon as poffible.
V. The Emperor and the king of Spain may, if they think fit,
accede to this treaty, as they are powers to whom the protection
or guaranty of the peace of Ryfwicke chiefly appertains ; and
terms of agreement mall be made with them.
VI. The king of Great Britain, and die lords the States Gen-
eral, engage, that they will ufe their utmoft endeavours with the
king of Spain, to pay the king of Sweden what is become due for
the Swedifh fhips unjuftly taken, in the late war, by the fubjefts
of the king of Spain.
In witnefs whereof, we the underwritten ambaffadors
extraordinary, and plenipotentiaries of the kings of Sweden and
Great Britain, and the deputies of the lords the States General of
the United Netherlands, mentioned in the principal treaty, have
figned and fealed thefe feparate articles, of which fix inftru-
ments are drawn, viz. I Nicholas, free baron of Lillienroot, for
the king of Sweden, at the Hague, January , Anno 1700 ; I
Jofeph Williamfon, for the king of Great Britain, at London,
January , Anno 1700 ; and we the deputies of the lords the
States General for their High Mightineffes, alfo at the Hague,
January , 1700.(L. S.) N. LILLIENROOT.
(L. S.) J. WILLIAMSON.
(L. S.) J. v. ESSEN.
(L. S.) Fr. v. BREEDENHOF van Oofthuyfen.
(L. S.) A. HEINSIUS.
(L. S.) W. de NASSAU.
(L. S.) E. de WEEDE.
(L. S.) W. van HAAREN.
(L. S.) AR. LEMKER.
(L. S.) S. L. GOCKINGA.1.1045 Renewal of Secret Alliance between the
Holy Roman Emperor and Brandenburg
Alliance Members:Holy Roman Emperor and Brandenburg
Signed On:November 16, 1700, in the city of Vienna
Alliance Type:Defense Pact (Type I)
Source:Consolidated Treaty Series,vol. 23, p. 165.(^1323)
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