!!!Sixtus-Affäre

Sixtus Affair: Xaver and Sixtus von Bourbon-Parma, brothers of Empress 
 Zita, served as officers in the Belgian army and acted as mediators 
in secret peace negotiations between Austria and France from February 
through April 1917. In two letters addressed to Prince Sixtus 
(1886-1934) dating from March 24, 1917 and May 9, 1917, Emperor 
Karl I recognised France´s claim to Alsace-Lorraine. 
However, when Italy claimed South Tyrol, the peace negotiations 
failed. Provoked by a speech of the Austrian Foreign Minister O.  
Czernin, the French Prime Minister G. B. Clemenceau published 
Emperor Karl´s letter of March 24, 1917 on April 12, 1918, thus 
seriously straining Austria´s relationship with Germany. 
Czernin, who had not been informed about the letter, resigned from 
office after a dispute with the emperor.

!Literature
R. A. Kann, Die Sixtus-Affaere und die geheimen 
Friedensverhandlungen Oesterreich-Ungarns im 1. Weltkrieg, 1966.


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