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 * Armistice of Znaim

The Armistice of Znaim was a ceasefire agreed between Archduke Charles and Napoleon I on 12 July 1809 following the Battle of Znaim, effectively ending hostilities between Austria and France in the War of the Fifth Coalition.

Background
''Metternich, in council with Franz and Stadion on the 7th, relayed his impression that the French were open to a peace offer. Charles’s desires on this subject were well known and, on the 8th, Franz directed the Generalissimus to send Liechtenstein to Napoleon, authorising the prince to accept any peace that guaranteed "the perfect integrity of the monarchy".''

On 8 July 1809 Francis I, gave his army commander-in-chief and brother Archduke Charles permission to discuss an armistice with the French with a view to arranging a halt to the fighting. An initial approach received a favourable reception and Charles sent Johann Joseph, the Prince of Liechtenstein, to discuss terms with Napoleon. Napoleon knew Liechebstein, who had taken part in the negotiations that had ended Austria's involvement in the War of the Third Coalition. Some senior members of the Austrian court had were opposed to the negotiations and attempted to stop them.

Charles had the Austrian army fall back on Znaim (now Znojmo, Czech Republic) in a skilled retreat. Napoleon instructed French army to also march towards Znaim; he was concerned that the two combined French and Bavarian army corps under Auguste de Marmont which he had already despatched in that direction would be defeated in detail as they would be heavily outnumbered. Fighting broke out between Charles' and Marmont's forces on 10 July.

On 12 July Marmont was appointed a marshal of France.