Quadruple Alliance (1815)

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The Quadruple Alliance of 1815 was a post-Napoleonic coalition of major European powers—principally Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia—formed to preserve the balance of power and maintain the conservative order in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty system
military alliance
political alliance
aimedAt deterring future French aggression
upholding the decisions of the Congress of Vienna
alsoKnownAs Post-Napoleonic Quadruple Alliance
Quadruple Alliance of 1815
containsClause collective enforcement of Vienna settlement
mutual assistance against French aggression
countryMember Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateSigned 20 November 1815
differentiatedFrom Holy Alliance
endedAs gradual transformation into the Concert of Europe system
formedIn 1815
hasDuration 19th century
hasLanguage English
French
German
Russian
hasPurpose containment of France after the Napoleonic Wars
maintenance of the conservative order in Europe
preservation of the European balance of power
prevention of revolutionary and nationalist uprisings
hasSignatory Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
historicalContext aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars
historicalPeriod post-Napoleonic era
ideology legitimism
monarchism
influenced European diplomacy in the 19th century
isPartOf Concert of Europe
legalForm international treaty
opposedTo liberal nationalism in early 19th-century Europe
revolutionary movements in Europe
placeSigned Paris
politicalOrientation conservative
providedFor periodic congresses of the great powers
relatedEvent Congress of Vienna
Second Treaty of Paris
relatedOrganization Holy Alliance
subjectOf European diplomatic history
successorTo Sixth Coalition
treatyType collective security arrangement
defensive alliance

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Congress of Vienna followedBy Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Second Treaty of Paris linkedAgreement Quadruple Alliance of 1815
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) signedByOnBehalfOf Allied powers of the Sixth Coalition
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Napoleon I abdication in 1814 involves Allied powers of the Sixth Coalition
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Quadruple Alliance (1815) alsoKnownAs Quadruple Alliance of 1815
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Quadruple Alliance (1815) alsoKnownAs Post-Napoleonic Quadruple Alliance
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Congress System relatedTo Quadruple Alliance
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
post-Napoleonic era hasKeyEvent Quadruple Alliance
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
French crossing of the Pyrenees relatedTo Quadruple Alliance
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)