Treaty between the Two Sicilies and Austria-Hungary
it should be otherwise stipulated by particular Conven-
tions concluded between them.
D. Upon its first meeting, the Diet shall frame laws for the
liberty of the press in general, and shall adopt such meas-
ures as may secure authors and editors against the piracy
of their works.Commerce and Navigation from One State to Another.
ART. XX. The Confederated States reserve to themselves the
right of deliberating, at the first meeting of the Diet at Frank-
fort, upon the manner of regulating the commerce and naviga-
tion from one State to another, according to the principles
adopted by the Congress of Vienna.
Ratifications.
ART. XXI. The present Act shall be ratified by all the Contract-
ing Parties, and the ratifications shall, in six weeks, or sooner, if
possible, be addressed to the Royal and State Chancery of His
Majesty the Emperor of Austria at Vienna, and deposited in the
Archives of the Confederation on the opening of the Diet.
In faith of which all the Plenipotentiaries have signed the pres-
ent instrument, and have affixed thereunto the Seal of their Arms.
Done at Vienna, the 8th June, 1815.
(L.S.) PRINCE METTERNICH.
(L.S.) BARON WESSENBERG.
(L.S.) CHARLES PRINCE HARDENBERG.
(L.S.) WILLIAM BARON HUMBOLDT.
(L.S.) CH. COUNT BERNSTORFF.
(L.S.) J. COUNT BERNSTORFF.
(L.S.) A. COUNT RECHBERG AND
ROTHENLOWEN.
(L.S.) H. A. BARON GLOBIG.
(L.S.) F. C. BARON GAGERN.
(L.S.) E. COUNT MUNSTER.
(L.S.) E. COUNT HARDENBERG.
(L.S.) COUNT KELLER, acting at the same time for
Brunswick.
(L.S.) G. F. BARON LEPEL.
(L.S.) J. BARON TURCKHEIM.
(L.S.) BARON MINCKWITZ, in the place of M. de
Gersdorff, Plenipotentiary of the Grand Duke
of Weimar, and of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha and
of Saxe-Meiningen.
(L.S.) C. L. F. BARON BAUMBACH.
(L.S.) BARON FISCHLER VON TREUBERG.
(L.S.) BARON MALTZAHN.
(L.S.) LEOPOLD BARON PLESSEN.
(L.S.) BARON OERTZEN.
(L.S.) DE WOLFRAMSDORF.
(L.S.) BARON FRANCK.
(L.S.) FRANCIS ALOYSIUS KIRCHBAUER.
(L.S.) F. MARSCHALL VON BIEBERSTEIN.
(L.S.) D. GEORG WIESE, Plenipotentiary of the
Princes Liechtenstein and Reuss.
(L.S.) DE WEISE.
(L.S.) BARON KETTELHOLDT.
(L.S.) DE BERG, acting for Waldeck and
Schaumburg-Lippe.
(L.S.) HELLWING.
(L.S.) J. F. HACH.
(L.S.) DANZ.
(L.S.) SMIDT.
(L.S.) GRIES.3.1135 Treaty between the Two Sicilies and
Austria-Hungary
Alliance Members:Two Sicilies and Austria-Hungary
Signed On:June 12, 1815, in the city of Vienna. In force until July 13,
1820, when King Ferdinand I granted a constitution to the Two
Sicilies in violation of his guarantees to Austria.
Alliance Type:Defense Pact (Type I)
Source:Neumann,vol. 3, p. 18.
Additional Citations:Consolidated Treaty Series,vol. 65, p. 13.SUMMARY
Ferdinand I had given away much to Austria in the April 1815 alliance,
largely in exchange for confirmation of his rule over the Two Sicilies.
Signed three days after the final act of the Congress of Vienna, this
alliance cemented the relationship between the two countries with
specific terms for aid in the case ofconflict. The alliance lasted until
insurrections in the Two Sicilies forced Ferdinand to grant a limited
constitution. The autocratic powers of Europe (Austria-Hungary,
Prussia, and Russia) agreed at the Congress of Laibach to allow Austria
a free hand in putting down the revolt, which Austrian troops did,
restoring Ferdinand’s despotic rule until his death in 1825.Description of Terms
This treaty is for the defense of the two members and the tran-
quility of Italy. The two parties guarantee each other’s posses-
sions in Italy as stated in the treaty of Vienna. If war would be
upon Italy, the two parties would use their diplomacy, and if that
failed, engage in warfare with the aggressor. Austria would pro-
vide 80,000 soldiers and the Two Sicilies 25,000. The two coun-
tries will not make peace with the aggressor without the other.3.1136 Treaty between Tuscany and Austria-
Hungary
Alliance Members:Tuscany and Austria-Hungary
Signed On:June 12, 1815, in the city of Florence. In force until March
29, 1848, during the Austro-Sardinian War, when Tuscany joined
against Austria.