Treaty of Jaworów

The Treaty of Jaworów was a secret treaty signed on 11 June 1675 between the Polish king John III Sobieski and France in Jaworów (today, Yavoriv). In the treaty, Poland promised to aid France against Brandenburg-Prussia, in exchange for French monetary subsidies and support for Polish claims over Ducal Prussia.[1][2]

The French promised to mediate between Poland and the Ottoman Empire so that Polish forces could be diverted from the southern border.[3]

The treaty, however, did not have much effect on European politics, as the French diplomacy failed to improve the relations between the Ottomans and Poland.[3][4] The 1576 Truce of Żurawno was unfavorable to Poland.[3][4] France eventually concluded the Treaty of Nijmegen (1679) with Prussia, which cooled its relations with Poland, as Sobieski abandoned his pro-French stance; the Polish-French alliance had fallen apart by 1683 when some of the pro-French faction members were accused of plotting to depose Sobieski, and French ambassador Nicolas-Louis de l'Hospital, Bishop of Beauvais and Marquis of Vitry was forced to leave the country.[5]

Mounting pressure from Ottoman Empire postponed plans for Sobieski's war with Prussia,[5] and eventually lead to the creation of the Holy League in 1584, in which Poland and the Holy Roman Empire (which included the Brandenburg-Prussia) had to ally against the Ottomans (as part of the Great Turkish War, a conflict whose Polish front was known as the Polish–Ottoman War (1683–99)).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Oskar Halecki; W: F. Reddaway; J. H. Penson. The Cambridge History of Poland. CUP Archive. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-00-128802-4.
  2. ↑ Adam Zamoyski (2009). Poland: A History. Harper Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-00-728275-3.
  3. 1 2 3 Frank N. Magill (13 September 2013). The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography. Routledge. p. 726. ISBN 978-1-135-92414-0.
  4. 1 2 William Young (1 September 2004). International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-595-32992-2.
  5. 1 2 Red. (Eds.), Jan III Sobieski, p.417


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