page_title: Peace of Vienna (1725)
section_title: Succession in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
hierarchical_section_title: Peace of Vienna (1725) / Principle Conditions / Peace Provisions / Succession in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
caption_attribution_description: This map shows the islands of the Tuscan archipelago, including Elba, Capraia, Giglio, Montecristo, Pianosa, Gorgona, and Giannutri. Translated into french.
context_page_description: The Peace of Vienna was a series of four treaties signed between 30 April 1725 and 5 November 1725 by the Habsburg Monarchy, the Holy Roman Empire, and Bourbon Spain; the Russian Empire later joined the newly-found alliance in 1726. The signing of this treaty marks the founding of the Austro-Spanish Alliance and led the Fourth Anglo-Spanish War. This new alliance thereby removed Austria from the Quadruple Alliance. In addition to a formation of the new partnership, the Habsburgs relinquished all formal claims to the Spanish throne, while the Spanish removed their claims in the Southern Netherlands, and a number of other territories.
  Treaties on commerce between the two countries were also formally established. The main article of importance is the Spanish recognition of the Ostend East India Company and the permission of free docking rights which included the rights to refuel in the Spanish colonies. In addition, the treaty publicly signed certifying an alliance was only a defensive one, though later in the year, both parties signed a secret treaty which founded a general alliance between both nations.
context_section_description: The final disputed territory was the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Charles VI came to an agreement with Philip V that his heirs and siblings would have legal rights to Tuscany. Grand Duke Gian de' Medici was ailing without issue and decided to be bedridden for the end of his reign. Rights to the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza were also granted to the Spanish Bourbons. The catch being these duchies would remain fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, and not be independent of Imperial affairs.
  "His Imperial Majesty, out of regard to the most serene Queen of Spain, has already consented, with a Reservation of the Consent of the Empire; and that being obtained, does again consent, that if, at any time, the Duchy of Tuscany, as also the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza, which are acknowledged by the contracting Parties in the Treaty of London to be undoubted Male Fiefs of the Empire, shall on failure of Male Issue ever happen to become vacant, and be open to the Disposal of the Emperor and Empire"
caption: Map of the Tuscan region with the Isle of Elba and Livorno.
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