Congress+System_Metternich

Born into an aristocratic family in Germany in 1773, Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich-Winneburg later became a German envoy in the 1814 Congress of Vienna. This counsel convened after Napoleon's fall to reinstate the Bourbon dynasty and redraw the map of Europe now that France no longer controlled its massive empire. Metternich fought for his idea of an ideal government: a monarchy with influence from the top tier of society. He also tried to form the "quadruple alliance," a partnership of Russia, Great Britain, Prussia, and Austria. Source:http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/historical/biography/metternich.html

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