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Fernandez de Cordoba, Sarmiento de Sotto Mayor, &c. Count de Fernan Nuñez, and of Barajaz, Marquess of Castel Moncayo, Duke of Montellano, of Arco and of Aremberg, Prince of Barbanzon, and of the Holy Roman Empire, &c. five times Grandee of Spain of the First Class, Knight of the distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece, and Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, His Acting Gentleman of the Bedchamber, His Grand Veneur, Colonel of the Regiment of Hussars of Ferdinand VII, &c. His Ambassador to His Most Christian Majesty;

His Majesty the King of France and Navarre, the Sieur Armand Emanuel du Plessis Richelieu, Duke of Richelieu, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, and of the Orders of St. Alexander Newsky, St. Wladimir, and St. George of Russia, Peer of France, His First Gentleman of the Bedchamber, His Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council of His Ministers;

His Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Charles Frederic Henry, Count de Goltz, Knight of the Iron Cross of the First Class, and of the Prussian Order for Military Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Anne, Knight of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Class, and of the Order of St. Wladimir of the Third Class of Russia, Commander of the French Order of Military Merit, Knight of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa, of the Swedish Order of the Sword, of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit, His Major-General, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty;

His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,

King of Poland, the Sieur Charles André Pozzo di Borgo, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Wladimir of the Second Class, of St. Anne of the First, of St. George of the Fouth, Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Charles III, of that of St. Mauritius and Lazarus of Sardinia, of St. Ferdinand of Naples, of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and of the Hanoverian Order of the Guelphs, Commander of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Lieutenant-General of His Armies, His Aide-de-Camp-General, &c. and His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Most Christian Majesty.

Who, after exchanging their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following Articles :

Art. 1. The present state of Possession of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, as well as that of the Principality of Lucca, being fixed by the Stipulations of the Act of the Congss of Vienna, the dispositions contained in Articles 99, 101, and 102, are, and remain in their full force and validity.

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Art. 2. The reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, referred to in the 99th Article of the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna, is settled in the following manner.

Art. 3. The Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, shall, after the decease of Her Majesty the Archduchess Maria Louisa, devolve, in full Sovereignty, to Her Majesty the Infanta of Spain, Maria Louisa, to the Infant Don Charles Louis, her son, and to his descendants in the direct male line, with exception of the districts situated within the dominions of His Imperial

and Royal Apostolic Majesty on the left bank of the Po, the full property of which shall remain in Her said Majesty, conformably to the restriction laid down in Article 99 of the Act of Congress.

Art. 4. At the same period, the reversion of the Principality of Lucca, referred to in Article 102 of the Act of the Congress of Vienna, sha be carried into effect on the conditions, and arcording to the provisions of the same Article, in favour of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany.j

Art. 5. Although the frontier of the Austrian States in Italy be fixed by the course of the river Po, it is, nevertheless, unanimously agreed, that as the fortress of Placentia is an object of essential interest to the defensive system of Italy, His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty shall (until the reversions consequent on the extinction of the Spanish Line of the Bourbons shall take place) continue to enjoy in that city the pure and simple right of garrison; while all the Crown and Civil rights on the same city shall be reserved to the future Sovereign of Parma. The expense of maintaining the garrison in the city of Placentia shall be at the charge of Austria; and its force, in time of peace, shall be amicably settled among the High Parties concerned, who shall make it the rule of their conduct to consult, as much as possible, the comforts of the inhabitants.

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Art. 6. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty engages to pay to Her Majesty the Infanta Maria Louisa, the arrears due from the 9th of June 1815, pursuant to the stipulations of

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Section II. of the 101st Article of the Act of Congress, and to continue the discharge of it, according to the same stipulations, and on the same securities. His Majesty engages, besides, to cause to be paid to Her Majesty the Infanta, the amount of the revenues collected since the period in question, up to the moment that Her Majesty the Infanta entered on the possession, deducting therefrom the charges of Administration. The liquidation of these revenues shall be effected in an amicable manner between the High Parties interested; and in case of any difference of opinion, they shall have recourse to the arbitration of His Most Christian Majesty.

Art. 7. The reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, in the event of the Line of the Infant Don Charles Louis becoming extinct, is clearly understood to remain on the footing agreed to in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748, and in the Separate Article of the Treaty concluded between Austria and Sardinia, May 20, 1815.

Art. 8. The present Treaty, of which seven copies have been signed, shall be annexed to the Supplementary Article of the General Treaty of the Congress of Vienna; and shall be ratified by the High Parties respectively, and the ratifications of it shall be exchanged at Paris in the space of two months or sooner if possible.

In testimony of which, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at Paris, the 10th of June, in the

year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and seventeen.

(Signed)

CHARLES STUART.

THE BARON DE VINCENT.
COUNT FERNAN NUNEZ,
Duke of Montellano.

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COUNT DE GOLTZ.

(L. S.)

POZZO DI BORGO,

RICHELIEU.

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