Treaty of the Hague

(noun)

A 1698 treaty, known also as the First Partition Treaty, between England and France. The accord attempted to resolve who would inherit the Spanish throne, proposing that Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria be the heir. Moreover, the agreement proposed that Louis, le Grand Dauphin, would get Naples, Sicily, and Tuscany and Archduke Charles, the younger son of Emperor Leopold I would get the Spanish Netherlands. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, would take Milan, which in turn ceded Lorraine and Bar to the Dauphin.

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Examples of Treaty of the Hague in the following topics:

  • The Question of Spanish Succession

    • In an attempt to avoid war, Louis signed the Treaty of the Hague with William III of England in 1698.
    • In 1700, Louis and William III concluded a fresh partitioning agreement, the Treaty of London.
    • The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht recognized Louis XIV's grandson Philip, Duke of Anjou, as King of Spain (as Philip V), thus confirming the succession stipulated in the will of the Charles II.
    • After the signing of the Utrecht treaties, the French continued to be at war with Emperor Charles VI and with the Holy Roman Empire until 1714, when hostilities were ended with the Treaties of Rastatt and Baden.
    • Spain and Portugal remained formally at war with each other until the Treaty of Madrid of February 1715, while peace between Spain and Emperor Charles VI, unsuccessful claimant to the Spanish crown, came only in 1720 with the signing of the Treaty of The Hague.

  • The Peace of Utrecht

    • The Treaty of Utrecht, which initiated the end of the War of the Spanish succession, strengthened the balance of power in Europe by securing two major goals: Louis XIV's acknowledgement of the Protestant succession in England and safeguards to ensure that the French and Spanish thrones remained separate.
    • The treaty, which was in fact a series of separate treaties, secured Britain's main war aims: Louis XIV's acknowledgement of the Protestant succession in England and safeguards to ensure that the French and Spanish thrones remained separate.
    • After the signing of the Utrecht treaties, the French continued to be at war with the Holy Roman Empire until 1714, when hostilities ended with the treaties of Rastatt and Baden.
    • Spain and Portugal remained formally at war with each other until the Treaty of Madrid of February 1715, while peace between Spain and Emperor Charles VI, unsuccessful claimant to the Spanish crown, came only in 1720 with the signing of the Treaty of The Hague.
    • First edition of the the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and Spain in Spanish (left) and a later edition in Latin and English.

  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • William and Louis agreed to the First Partition Treaty (Treaty of Hague), which provided for the division of the Spanish Empire: Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria would obtain Spain, while France and the Holy Roman Emperor would divide the remaining territories between them.
    • In 1700, the two rulers agreed to the Second Partition Treaty (Treaty of London), under which the territories in Italy would pass to a son of the King of France and the other Spanish territories would be inherited by a son of the Holy Roman Emperor.
    • The French conveniently ignored the Second Partition Treaty and claimed the entire Spanish inheritance.
    • The news that Louis XIV had accepted Charles II's will and that the Second Partition Treaty was dead was a personal blow to William III.
    • By the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and of the Treaty of Rastatt (1714), the Spanish empire was partitioned between the major and minor powers.

  • United States in the World

    • The current Secretary of State is John Kerry.
    • The president holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    • The Coast Guard is run by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and the Department of the Navy in time of war.
    • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with British Foreign Secretary William Hague
    • Secretary Clinton met with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in the Treaty Room at the Department of State, May 14, 2010

  • Arbitration

    • Arbitration is often used for the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly in the context of international commercial transactions.
    • The principal instrument governing the enforcement of commercial international arbitration agreements and awards is the United Nations Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958 (the "New York Convention").
    • The last few decades have seen the promulgation of numerous investment treaties such as the Energy Charter Treaty, which are designed to encourage investment in signatory countries by offering protections to investors from other signatory states.
    • The 1899 and 1907 Hague Conferences addressed arbitration as a mechanism for resolving state-to-state disputes, leading to the adoption of the Hague Conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.
    • This extensive treaty is often recognized as the most important instrument governing international commercial arbitration.

  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

    • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of several treaties signed between Native Americans and the United States after the American Revolution.
    • The treaty served as a peace treaty between the Iroquois and the Americans, since the Natives had been ignored in the Treaty of Paris.
    • In this treaty, the Iroquois Confederacy ceded all claims to the Ohio territory, a strip of land along the Niagara river, and all land west of the mouth of Buffalo creek.
    • Many of the Ohio Country natives, including the Shawnee, the Mingo and Delaware tribes rejected the treaty.
    • 1797 Treaty of Big Tree with the Iroquois for lands in New York State west of the Genesee River

  • Pinckney's Treaty

    • Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and the United States defined the boundaries of the Spanish colonies of West and East Florida.
    • Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed on October 27, 1795, and established formal intentions of amity between the United States and Spain.
    • Among other things, the treaty ended the first phase of the West Florida Controversy, a dispute between the two nations over the boundaries of the Spanish colony of West Florida.
    • The Spanish acquired Florida and the southern coast along the Gulf of Mexico in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
    • Analyze the political circumstances leading up to and following the signing of the Pinckney's Treaty

  • Across the Atlantic: France and Britain

    • The Treaty of Alliance was a defense treaty formed in the American Revolution that promised French support to the United States.
    • The Treaty of Alliance was, in effect, an insurance policy for France that guaranteed the support of the United States if Britain broke the current peace they had with the French, "either by direct hostilities, or by (hindering) her commerce and navigation," as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
    • The treaty outlined the terms and conditions of this military alliance and established requirements for the signing of future peace treaties to end hostilities with the British.
    • The Jay Treaty (also known as Jay's Treaty, The British Treaty, and the Treaty of London of 1794), was officially known as the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America.
    • Summarize the circumstances surrounding the signing of the treaty of alliance between France and the United States

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  • The Treaty of Paris (1763)