Peace of Pressburg
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The Peace of Pressburg (also called Peace of Bratislava) is the name of 4 peace agreements concluded in the present-day town of Bratislava.
The 4th Peace of Pressburg of 1805 is the best known one, i. e. THE Peace of Pressburg, : see under Treaty of Pressburg.
The 1st Peace of Pressburg was signed in Bratislava on July 2 1271 between the Czech king Ottakar II and the Hungarian king Stephen V of Hungary. Under this agreement, Hungary renounced to parts of Austria and Slovenia, and Bohemia renounced to territories conquered in Hungary.
The 2nd Peace of Pressburg (more often called Treaty of Pressburg or Treaty of Bratislava) was signed in Bratislava on November 7 1491 between Maximilian of Habsburg, the archduke of Austria and German emperor, and Ladislaus II, the king of Hungary. Under this agreement, Hungary renounced to Lower Austria and Maximilian should succeed to the crown in case Ladislaus left no legitimate male issue
The 3rd Peace of Pressburg was signed in Bratislava on December 30 1626 between Gabor Bethlen, the leader of the Bethlen Uprising (1619-1626) – one of the anti-Habsburg uprisings of the 17th century in Slovakia, and the emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg. The agreement put an end to the revolt by confirming the Peace of Mikulov (1622) and adding that Bethlen will not fight against the emperor anymore and will not enter into an alliance with the Turks