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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Label Occurrences
Congress System canonical 6
Congress system diplomacy 1

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Statements (51)

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 Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Congress of Laibach ⓘ
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 Aix-la-Chapelle ⓘ
linked to: Aachen

Laibach ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Laibach

Troppau ⓘ
Verona ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
relatedTo Holy Alliance ⓘ
Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
startTime 1814 ⓘ
usesMethod multilateral diplomacy ⓘ
periodic international conferences ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Concert of Europe → hasPart → Congress System ⓘ
post-Napoleonic era → hasKeyEvent → Congress System ⓘ
Troppau Conference 1820 → partOf → Congress System ⓘ
Laibach Congress 1821 → partOf → Congress System ⓘ
Johann Philipp von Wessenberg → participatedIn → Congress system diplomacy ⓘ
linked to: Congress System
Congress of Laibach → partOf → Congress System ⓘ
Congress of Verona → partOf → Congress System ⓘ