Utrecht, Frieden von#
Utrecht, Peace of: 1713, after Emperor Joseph I had died (1711) and Karl VI succeeded to the throne, allies of the emperor started negotiating with France, in order to bring the War of the Spanish Succession to an end and to prevent the Habsburg-Spanish Empire from reviving. The first of a series of 7 treaties put an end to the British-French War on April 11, 1713. France concluded treaties of peace with Prussia, Portugal, and Savoy on the same day; the treaties between Spain and Great Britain and between Spain and Savoy were signed on July 13; the treaty between France and the States General (Holland) followed on November 4, 1713; the Holy Roman Emperor, Karl VI, concluded peace with France in the Treaties of Rastatt on March 6, and Baden on September 7, 1714.