Editing Declaration of Pillnitz (section)

{{Short description|1791 statement by Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire}}
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[[File:Pillnitzer Deklaration.jpg|thumb|The meeting at Pillnitz Castle in 1791. Oil painting by J. H. Schmidt, 1791.]]

The '''Declaration of Pillnitz''' was a statement of five sentences<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Pillnitz |title=Declaration of Pillnitz |author=Amy Tikkanen, Thinley Kalsang Bhutia |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=2021 |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> issued on 27 August 1791 at [[Pillnitz Castle]] near [[Dresden]] ([[Saxony]]) by [[Frederick William II of Prussia]] and the Habsburg [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]] who was [[Marie Antoinette]]'s brother.<ref>Schama, S. ''Citizens'' p. 586 Penguin 1989</ref> It declared the joint support of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] for King [[Louis XVI]] of France against the [[French Revolution]].<ref>''Chronicle of the French Revolution'' p. 232 Longman Group 1989</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Browning |first=Oscar |date=1897 |title=The Conference of Pillnitz |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678218 |journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |volume=11 |pages=133–138 |doi=10.2307/3678218 |issn=0080-4401|url-access=subscription }}</ref>