French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsPolitics and state
Napoleon’s abdication and exile to Elba
After the allies entered Paris, Napoleon abdicated at the Palace of Fontainebleau. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau he kept the title of emperor and received the island of Elba as his domain; a British frigate took him there.
- Date
- 6 April – between 3 May and 4 May 1814start: exact date; end: exact date unknown: an interval is given · duration: 28 days
- Place
- Palace of Fontainebleautoday: Fontainebleau, France · Western and Central Europe
- Route
- Palace of Fontainebleau → Fréjus → Portoferraio (Elba)
- Participants
- First French Empire, Russian Empire, Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Napoleon I
- Threads
- French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
- Also known as
- Фонтенблоский договор; Первое отречение Наполеона
On 3 April 1814 the Senate declared Napoleon deposed, and on 6 April he signed his abdication. On 11 April the plenipotentiaries of Russia, Austria and Prussia concluded the Treaty of Fontainebleau with him, which Napoleon ratified on 13 April.
On 20 April the emperor left Fontainebleau; on 28 April at Fréjus he boarded the British frigate HMS Undaunted, and he reached Portoferraio in early May (on 3 or 4 May, according to different sources).
Connections
Causes and preconditions
- Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe
Consequences
- Congress of ViennaSeptember 1814 – 9 June 1815 · Western and Central EuropeThe remaking of Europe after Napoleon’s fall
Related events
- Napoleon’s return from Elba26 February – 20 March 1815 · Western and Central Europe
Same participants
- Battle of Leipzig4 (16) October 1813 – 7 (19) October 1813 · Western and Central Europevia Napoleon I
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