Great Britain –Castlereagh
Austria - Metternich
Prussia – Hardenberg
Russia – Tsar Alexander I
France - Talleyrand
Ensure France would not become
an aggressor
Restore the “balance of power”
The principle of compensation
The principle of legitimacy
Victors expected to be rewarded
The Principle of Legitimacy
Bourbon French Throne
Bourbon Spanish Throne
Legitimate princely rulers –
Italy
German Confederation – 39
German States
Compromised over Territorial
Settlement
Polish Territory
Retained Finland
2/5 of Saxony
Swedish Pomerania
Territory in the
Rhineland in
Western Germany
Austrian Netherlands
(BELGIUM)
Lost Belgium
Gained Lombardy and Venetia
Relatives of Austrian emperor
ruled
Parma, Modena, and Tuscany
Dominated German
Confederation
Colonial Possessions
From Dutch
 Cape of Good Hope
Island of Ceylon
From French
Trinidad and Tobago
Helgoland
Malta
France reduced to the
borders of 1790
French had to pay 700
million francs to the allies
Allied military
occupation of 17 French
forts for 5 years
•RUSSIA
•PRUSSIA
•AUSTRIA
•GREAT BRITAIN
•RUSSIA
•AUSTRIA
•PRUSSIA
•Goal was to maintain Balance of
Power
•The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
•The Congresses of Troppau and
Laibach
•The Congress of Verona
•Opposition to Monroe Doctrine