What was the name of the 1814 treaty that ended the War of the Sixth Coalition?

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The 1814 treaty that ended the War of the Sixth Coalition was the Treaty of Paris, also called the First Peace of Paris.

Signed on 30 May 1814, the treaty followed Napoleon’s abdication and restored the Bourbon monarchy in France under Louis XVIII. It brought the fighting between France and the Sixth Coalition to a formal close after the Allied capture of Paris and Napoleon’s exile to Elba.

The settlement returned many territories conquered by France, but it treated France relatively leniently: the country was largely restored to its 1792 borders and was not initially subjected to major reparations or occupation. The treaty also helped prepare the diplomatic framework for the Congress of Vienna, where Europe’s post-Napoleonic order was negotiated.

The answer is sometimes confused with the Treaty of Paris of 1815. That later agreement followed Napoleon’s return during the Hundred Days and his defeat at Waterloo. The Treaty of Chaumont was an earlier coalition agreement, while the Treaty of Fontainebleau arranged Napoleon’s abdication rather than ending the war with the coalition.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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