MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Question
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Duke of Wellington
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Klemens von Metternich
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Maximilien Robespierre
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Napoleon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, monarchs and diplomats from some 200 European states, provinces and cities flocked to Vienna in late summer 1814 to reorganise the distribution of power in Europe. The “coachman of Europe", the Austrian Foreign Minister Clemens Wenzel Prince Metternich, took the lead role.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the organizer of the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), he was largely responsible for the policy of balance of power in Europe to ensure the stability of European governments. After 1815 he remained firmly opposed to liberal ideas and revolutionary movements.
Detailed explanation-3: -Representatives began to arrive in Vienna toward the end of September 1814. All of Europe sent its most-important statesmen. Klemens, prince von Metternich, principal minister of Austria, represented his emperor, Francis II. Tsar Alexander I of Russia directed his own diplomacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Klemens von Metternich-Leadership of the Congress of Vienna | Britannica.