1. The Congress of Vienna
Sep Jun 1815

3. Congress of Vienna Conference held following Napoleon’s defeat(s)
Want to “turn back the clock”
Restore monarchs, establish legitimacy
Restoration of pre-Napoleon rulers
House of Bourbon – France, Spain, and the two Sicilies
House of Braganza – Portugal
House of Orange – Netherlands
House of Savoy – Sardinia
German princes – territories in the Confederation of the Rhine
Pope and Catholic Church – Papal States

5. Congress of Vienna Conference held following Napoleon’s defeat(s)
Want to “turn back the clock”
Restore monarchs, establish legitimacy
Create a lasting peace
Led by the Quadruple Alliance
(Prus, Rus, Aus, GB)
Other minor states attend, are ignored

6. Key Players at Vienna Foreign Minister, Viscount Castlereagh (Br.)
Tsar Alexander I (Rus.)
The “Host” Prince Klemens von Metternich (Aus.)
King Frederick William III (Prus.)
Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand (Fr.)

7. Treatment of France Meant to be lenient, restore status quo
Louis XVIII made king of France (Bourbon)
Generous borders
No reparations

9. Treatment of France Meant to be lenient, restore status quo
Louis XIII made king of France (Bourbon)
Generous borders
No reparations
Following Napoleon’s “100 Days”
700,000 Francs reparations
Loses some land
Agree to 5 year military occupation

10. Weakening French Aggression
United Belgium & Holland under Duke of Orange
Prussia given land on the Rhine
German Confederation of 39 states created, dominated by Austria
Sardinia strengthened
Serve as buffers around France

11. Etc. Russia gets half of Poland Prussia gets some of Saxony
Swiss neutrality guaranteed
Britain receives number of colonies
Austria gets wealthy Italian provinces
Sweden gets Norway
Sardinia gets number of N. Italian provinces

14. The Concert of Europe
Quadruple Alliance commits to maintaining a balance of power
Lasting peace
Congress almost ends in war over Prussian & Russian demands
GB, Fra, Aus ally against them, Prus & Rus back down
Focus on preserving conservative order
Hope to squash liberalism, nationalism

15. The Concert of Europe Powers meet regularly
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
Becomes Quintuple Alliance when France is added
Congresses of Troppau & Laibach
Continental powers desire to intervene to stop revolutions
Britain refuses
Congress of Verona
Supports France’s intervention to support King of Spain against liberal revolution
Britain leaves the Quintuple Alliance