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Treaty of Leoben
The
Treaty of Leoben
was a general
armistice
and preliminary peace agreement between the
Holy Roman Empire
and the
First French Republic
that ended the
War of the First Coalition
. It was signed at Eggenwaldsches Gartenhaus, near
Leoben
, on 18 April 1797 (29 germinal V in the
French revolutionary calendar
) by General
Maximilian von Merveldt
and the
Marquis of Gallo
on behalf of the
Emperor Francis II
and by General
Napoléon Bonaparte
on behalf of the
French Directory
. Ratifications were exchanged in
Montebello
on 24 May, and the treaty came into effect immediately.
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