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... the Spanish, the Austrians were indeed attempting to negotiate with the French, and their conditions were similar to what Talleyrand had suggested: Austria was willing to exchange the Rhenish region for Lombardy.
In fact, the government was quite intrigued by the Austrian proposal. Acquiring the Rhenish region would mean extending the French borders to the banks of the Rhine, providing a relatively secure natural boundary to the north. On the other hand, Lombardy, separated from mainlan ...
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