Episode 3 of 3
Motives and the Pillnitz Conference Agenda
- When
- 27 August 1791
- Where
- Pillnitz Conference
- Part of
- Declaration of Pillnitz
Leopold issued the declaration to satisfy French émigrés; the Pillnitz Conference itself mainly addressed the Polish Question and Austria's Ottoman war.
Leopold issued the declaration only to satisfy the French émigrés who had taken refuge in his country and were calling for foreign interference in their homeland. The Pillnitz Conference itself dealt mainly with the Polish Question and the war of Austria against the Ottoman Empire, indicating the declaration was not the conference's central business.
Sources
- Declaration of Pillnitz Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-08
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