Congress of Vienna

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Congress of Vienna
Austria
ByDrew Gimler Alex Quist Ryan Coughlin Jaren
Sturdevant Clayton Rehm
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Prince Metternich
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Prince Metternich was born into an aristocratic
family on May 15 1773.
He was born in Coblenz, Germany. He went to the
university of Strasbourg and Mainz.
In 1794 he fled to Vienna because of the French
revolution with his family. He married countess
Eleanor Kaunitz whose family was prominent at the
Austrian court.
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Metternich served the Habsburgs as an envoy to
the congress of Rastadt in 1797. Then he was the
ambassador to Saxony in 1801, Prussia in 1803,
and Napoleonic France in 1806.
Thats him!!
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In 1809 Metternich was appointed the minister of
foreign affairs for the Habsburg. He arranged the
mairrage of Marie Louise to Napoleon even though
he planned to renew war with France. Two years
later he played a leading role in planning a new
European coalition that later defeated Napoleon.
Napoleons wedding
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At the congress of Vienna he accomplished many
things. He blocked Russian plans for the
annexation of the whole of Poland and Prussias
attempt to absorb Saxony. He succeeded in
creating a German confederation under Austrian
leadership but failed to achieve a similar
arrangement for Italy. He attempted but failed
to make a postwar Quadruple Alliance with Great
Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, to help
prevent revolutions in Europe. He was chancellor
of the Habsburg Empire from 1821-1848, and was
able to maintain the status quo in Germany and
Italy. He was forced out of office by the
revolution in 1848. He died in Vienna on June
11, 1859.
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LIBERALISM
Metternich equally resented liberalism,
nationalism, and revolution. His ideal was a
monarchy that shared power with the traditional
privileged classes of society. He was a man of
order in an increasingly disorganized world of
rapidly changing values.
NATIONALISM
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General Aims

• Austria wants a balance of power
• They see France, Russia, Prussia as potential
  threats
• Put strong states around France to prevent
  another invasion
• Worried about nationalism, democracy, and
  revolution

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Poland and Saxony

• Austria doesnt want Prussia and Russia to expand
  their territory
• Prussia wants all of Saxony so it would almost
  double Prussias size
• Russia wants all of Poland, so it is only 175
  miles from Vienna.
• Austria was willing to go halfway with either
  Prussia or Russia, but will never agree to giving
  them both what they want.
• Metternich strongly dislikes Czar Alexander, so
  was more likely to side with Prussia.

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The Netherlands

• Austria was willing to renounce their claims to
  the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) to set up
  strong states around French boarders, and it was
  nothing but trouble since Austria acquired it.
• Supported the joining of Belgium and Holland to
  create the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
  ruled by William of Orange.

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The German States

• Austria supported giving the territories east and
  west of the Rhine River to Prussia.
• He was hoping that Prussia would except the
  territories east and west of the Rhine River
  instead of Saxony.
• He was willing to go along with loose German
  unions as long as Austrias monarch was in
  charge.

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Italy

• Metternich want Italy because they gave up the
  Netherlands
• He wants Venetia and Lombardy

Scandinavia

• Austria will recognize Swedens possession of
  Norway as compensation for its lose of Finland to
  Russia

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Switzerland

• The neutrality of Switzerland was guaranteed

The Croatian and Dalmation Coasts

• Austria wants Croatia and Dalmatia

Spain and Portugal

• Metternich wants there rightful kings to return
  to the throne

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Colonies

• Austria is giving Britain the colonies because
  Britains navy is too strong

Reparations

• France needs to be a stable state to have a
  peaceful Europe

Return of Plundered Art

• Austria wants all artwork returned to its
  rightful owners but is not willing to go to war
  over it

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