Which treaty ended the War of the Third Coalition after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz?
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Treaty of Pressburg
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Treaty of Pressburg
The Treaty of Pressburg ended the War of the Third Coalition after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz.
The treaty was signed on December 26, 1805, between France and Austria, only weeks after the decisive Battle of Austerlitz on December 2. Napoleon's army defeated a combined Austrian and Russian force in what is often called his greatest battlefield triumph. The defeat forced Austria to withdraw from the coalition fighting France.
Austria surrendered important territories and recognized French gains and the elevated status of several German allies. The settlement also imposed a large indemnity on Austria. Its consequences reached beyond the immediate war: Napoleon soon organized the Confederation of the Rhine, and Emperor Francis II abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor in 1806.
The treaty is sometimes called the Peace of Pressburg because it was a peace settlement rather than merely a battlefield agreement. It should not be confused with the Treaty of Tilsit, which followed Napoleon's later victory over Russia and Prussia in 1807.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026