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)
Treaty of Chaumont → createdAlliance → Quadruple Alliance of 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)
Treaty of Chaumont → alsoKnownAs → Quadruple Alliance of Chaumont ⓘ
linked to: Quadruple Alliance (1815)