Ended Bavarian participation in the War of the Spanish Succession and placed Bavaria under Austrian-Palatinate military occupation until 1714.
Key Facts
- Signed
- 7 November 1704
- Signatories
- Austria and Bavaria
- Trigger event
- Battle of Blenheim (August 1704)
- Occupation end
- Treaty of Baden, 1714
- Occupying powers
- Austria and the Palatinate
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Three months after the decisive Battle of Blenheim in August 1704, Bavaria found itself militarily defeated and unable to continue its alliance with France in the War of the Spanish Succession. Austria and its allies pressed their advantage to formalize Bavarian capitulation through a diplomatic settlement.
The Treaty of Ilbesheim was signed on 7 November 1704 near Landau in the Palatinate between Austria and Bavaria. Under its terms, Bavaria was effectively placed under joint military occupation by Austria and the Palatinate, stripping the Bavarian state of meaningful sovereignty for the duration of the conflict.
Bavaria remained under Austrian and Palatinate military occupation for approximately a decade, until the broader peace settlement concluded with the Treaty of Baden in 1714. The treaty effectively removed Bavaria as an active belligerent on the French side in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Political Outcome
Bavaria placed under Austrian-Palatinate military occupation; removed from the War of the Spanish Succession
Bavaria allied with France as an active belligerent in the War of the Spanish Succession
Bavaria under military occupation by Austria and the Palatinate until 1714