Congress System

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The Congress System was a 19th-century diplomatic framework in which the major European powers held periodic conferences to maintain the balance of power and preserve peace after the Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic system
international relations framework
multilateral conference system
alsoKnownAs Concert of Europe
Congress of Europe system
appliesToJurisdiction Europe
basedOn principle of balance of power
principle of collective security
principle of legitimacy of monarchs
coreMember Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Kingdom of France
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
declineCause British reluctance to intervene in continental affairs
conflicting interests among great powers
disagreements over intervention in revolutionary movements
endTime c. 1822
follows French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century European diplomacy
development of collective security concepts
later international conference systems
hasPart Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)
surface form: Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle

Congress of Laibach
Troppau Conference 1820
surface form: Congress of Troppau

Congress of Verona
Congress of Vienna
hasPurpose contain revolutionary and nationalist movements
maintain balance of power in Europe
preserve peace after the Napoleonic Wars
prevent large-scale European war
historicalPeriod post-Napoleonic era
involves Austria
France
Prussia
Russia
United Kingdom
language English
French
German
location Aachen
surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle

Congress of Laibach
surface form: Laibach

Troppau
Verona
Vienna
relatedTo Holy Alliance
Quadruple Alliance (1815)
surface form: Quadruple Alliance
startTime 1814
usesMethod multilateral diplomacy
periodic international conferences

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Concert of Europe hasPart Congress System
post-Napoleonic era hasKeyEvent Congress System