Treaty of Alliance among Austria, Hanover, and Saxonythat their aforefaid Majefties, jointly and feparately, will entirely
and exactly perform and fulfil to the faid king of Sardinia, all
and fingular the conditions, ceffions, contracts, guarantees, and
fecurities, contained and fet forth in the treaty and articles
abovementioned ; it being farther provided, that all and fingular
the things agreed upon by the fecret articles againft the faid king
of Sardinia, fhall by this his prefent acceffion wholly ceafe, and
be abolifhed. On the other hand alfo, we the under-written
minifters plenipotentiaries of the king of Sardinia, by virtue of
the full power in due form exhibited and allowed, a copy
whereof is added at the end of this inftrument, do hereby teftify
and promife in the name of the faid king, that our king and
mafter aforefaid doth accede fully and amply to the treaty, and
to all and fingular the articles therein above inferted. That by
this folemn acceffion he doth join himfelf, to the contracting
parties abovefaid, as if he himfelf from the beginning had been
a party contracting : and that by virtue of this act his faid
majefty the king of Sardinia doth mutually oblige and bind
himfelf, both for himfelf, his heirs, and fucceffors, to his Imper-
ial and Catholick Majefty, to his Britannick Majefty, and to his
moft Chriftian Majefty, and to their heirs, and fucceffors, jointly
and feparately, that he will obferve, perform, and fulfil, all and
fingular the conditions, ceffions, contracts, guarantees, and
fecurities, in the abovewritten treaties and articles expreffed and
fet forth, towards all of them jointly, and each of them
feparately, with the fame faith and confcience, as if he had been
a contracting party from the beginning, and had made, con-
cluded and figned, jointly or feparately, the fame conditions,
ceffions, contracts, guaranties and fecurities, with his Imperial
and Catholick Majefty, his Britannick Majefty, and his moft
Chriftian Majefty.
This inftrument of the admiffion and acceffion of the faid
king of Sardinia fhall be ratified by all the contracting parties,
and the ratifications made out in due form fhall be exchanged
and mutually delivered at London within the fpace of two
months, or fooner, if poffible, to be reckoned from the day of
the figning.
In witnefs whereof we the plenipotentiaries of the parfies
contracting, being on every part furnifhed with fufficient pow-
ers, have figned thefe prefents with our hands, and thereto have
put our feals. Namely the plenipotentiaries of his Imperial and
Catholick Majefty, of his Britannick Majefty, of his majefty the
king of Sardinia, at London the and the plenipoten-
tiary of his moft Chriftian Majefty at Paris, the ____ day of
November, in the year 1718.
(L. S.) C. Provana.
(L. S.) C. de la Perroufe.(L. S.) Chrif. Penterridter ab Adelfhaufen
(L. S.) Jo. Phil. Hoffman.(L. S.) Parker C.
(L. S.) Sunderland P.
(L. S.) Kent.
(L. S.) Holles Newcaftle.
(L. S.) Bolton.
(L. S.) Roxburghe.
(L. S.) Stanhope.
(L. S.) J. Craggs.2.1061 Treaty of Alliance among Austria,
Hanover, and Saxony
Alliance Members:Austria, Hanover, and Saxony
Signed On:January 5, 1719, in the city of Vienna
Alliance Type:Defense Pact (Type I)
Source:Consolidated Treaty Series,vol. 31, p. 7.SUMMARY
The Great Northern War appeared to be near its end when Charles XII
of Sweden died in November 1718; thus, the combatants began to dis-
cuss the issue of territorial transfers toward the later stages of the war.
A conflict emerged between Peter the Great of Russia and George I of
Great Britain (who was also the Elector of Hanover) who had been
brought into the war by a 1715 alliance with Russia. The two allies
were on hostile terms after a show of Russian forces in 1716 in Meck-
lenburg that was construed as an occupation.
On January 5, 1719, Austria, Hanover, and Saxony signed a treaty in
Vienna. The terms called for the refusal of passage for Russian forces
through Poland and into Prussia, where Prussia was in support of
Peter the Great’s claims, but Poland never fully agreed to the terms.
Peter the Great eventually withdrew his troops from Poland, but his
decision was made before the treaty. Peter the Great needed the addi-
tional forces to further prosecute the war against Sweden after he
rejected an initial peace proposal from Sweden.Description of Terms
Alliance members pledged offensive and defensive alliance and
also that the Polish king would not allow Russian troops free
passage. The Holy Roman Emperor signed the treaty as sover-
eign of the hereditary territories of Hapsburg in Austria. King
George I of England signed as elector of Hanover, and King
Friedrich August I of Poland was included as elector of Saxony.(^288) th day of Nov.th day of Oct.