The Congress of Vienna

2. Europe in 1812

3. The Congress of Vienna
(September 1, 1814 – June 9, 1815)

5. Main Objectives
The intent of the Congress was to undo
everything that Napoléon had done:
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Reduce France to its old boundaries--her frontiers were
pushed back to 1792 boundaries.
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Restore as many of the old monarchs as possible who
had lost their thrones during the Revolutionary period.
Coalition forces would occupy France for 3-5 years.
France would have to pay an indemnity of 700,000,000 francs.

6. Key Players
at Vienna
The “Host”
Prince Klemens
von Metternich
(Austria)
Foreign Minister
Robert Stewart, Viscount
Castlereagh (Britain)
Tsar Alexander I
(Russia)
Prince Karl August von
Hardenberg
(Prussia)
Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice
de Talleyrand (France)

7. Key Principles Established
at Vienna
§Balance of Power
§Legitimacy
§Restoration
§Compensation

9. France was
deprived of all
territory
conquered by
Napoléon.
Decisions Made in Vienna

10. Russia was given most of the Duchy of
Warsaw (Poland).
Decisions Made in Vienna

11. Prussia was
given half of
Saxony, parts
of Poland, and
other German
territories.
Decisions Made in Vienna

12. Decisions Made in Vienna
•A Germanic
Confederation of
39 states (including
Prussia) was created
from the previous
300, under Austrian
supervision.

13. Decisions Made in Vienna
•Austria was given
back territory it had
lost to France, plus
more in the German
states and Italy.
Hapsburgs were
installed as the
rulers of several
Italian states.

14. Decisions Made in Vienna
•The House of Orange was given the Dutch
Republic and the Austrian Netherlands to rule,
along with Luxembourg, which was located within
the German Confederation.

15. Decisions Made in Vienna
Norway
and
Sweden
were joined.

16. Decisions Made in Vienna
The neutrality of Switzerland was guaranteed.

17. Decisions Made in Vienna
Hanover was enlarged, and made a kingdom. (A
family possession of King George III of Britain.

18. Decisions Made in Vienna
Britain was given Cape Colony, South Africa,
and various other colonies in Africa and Asia.

20. Decisions Made in Vienna
•The King of Sardinia was given Piedmont, Nice,
Savoy, and Genoa.

21. Decisions Made in Vienna
•The Bourbon Ferdinand I was restored in the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

22. Decisions Made in Vienna
•The Duchy of Parma
was given to Marie
Louise.

23. Decisions Made in Vienna
•At British urging, the slave trade was condemned.

24. Decisions Made in Vienna
•Freedom of navigation was guaranteed for many
rivers, including the Rhine and Danube.

25. Europe After the Congress of Vienna