La Quadruple Alliance a été signée en novembre par la Russie, la Grande-Bretagne, l'Autriche et la Prusse, à la suite de la longue série de guerres qui ont débuté au lendemain de la Révolution française et se sont terminées par la défaite de Napoléon. C'était essentiellement une continuation du traité de Chaumont de , dans lequel les quatre puissances juraient de vaincre la France et de rester alliées pendant vingt ans pour garder la France sous contrôle. À l'époque, la Russie était la puissance militaire prééminente en Europe. De à , les Européens avaient observé avec un mélange d'étonnement et d'horreur les soldats russes chasser la Grande Armée de Napoléon hors de leur pays et, rejoints par la Prusse, la Grande-Bretagne et enfin l'Autriche, jusqu'à Paris. La Grande-Bretagne régnait sur les mers, mais aucune armée ne rivalisait avec celle de la Russie, et la peur de cette nouvelle puissance était vive en Autriche et en Grande-Bretagne jusqu'à sa défaite désastreuse dans la guerre de Crimée.
L'individu le plus responsable de la destruction complète du pouvoir de Napoléon était l'empereur Alexandre Ier (r. –). Les autres puissances continentales avaient été disposées à négocier
Quadruple Alliance
1. After the War of the Spanish Succession, Philip V of Spainwas anxious to regain territory. France, Britain, and the Dutch formed a defensive Triple Alliancein , which the Emperor Charles VI joined in The other allies agreed to support the Hanoverian succession in Britain. The emperor was to be given Sicily, and Sardiniawas to go to Savoy. A British naval squadron defeated the Spanish fleet off Cape Passaroimmediately after the treaty had been signed in , and a French invasion of Spain in forced Philip to come to terms.
2. At the end of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in , the victorious powers&#x;Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria&#x;formed a Quadruple Alliance to maintain the peace and to hold periodic conferences to consider matters of common interest&#x;the so-called Congress system. Meetings were held at Aix-la-Chapelle (), Troppau (&#x;1), and Verona(), but differences between the allies were soon apparent. See Holy Alliance.
3. In the s, the young queens of Portugaland of Spain were challenged by their uncles. Britain and France formed a Quadruple Alliance with Spain and Portugal in to protect them, as constitut
Treaty of the Seventh Coalition – Alliance between Great Britain and the King of Sardinia against Napoleon- Treaty of 9 April – Treaty of 25 March
Authentic copy bearing the Royal Seal of Great Britain, signed by the Prince Regent, (the future George IV) and the Britsh Foreign Minister Lord Castlereagh. In , the whole of Europe joined together against France, in reaction to Napoleon&#;s escape from Elba. The result of this alliance would be the disastrous Battle of Waterloo. This document is Great Britain&#;s official copy, sealed by the Lord Chancellor (and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal), Lord Eldon.
State of conservation: Slightly yellowed paper, traces of humidity around the edges. The fold is fragile and slightly torn. Some previous consolidation with tape.
The news that Napoleon has left Elba dropped like a bombshell at the Congress of Vienna. After several meetings at which voices were raised, an agreement was reached by the powers still in discussion in Vienna, Russia, Prussia, Austria and Britain.
It was particularly severe with respect to Napoleon. On 13 March, plenipotentiaries of eight powers signed a declaration which affirmed notably that “Napoleon Bonaparte ha
The Quadruple Alliance was formed by the monarchist Great Powers of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain to counter the military and revolutionary republican political threats posed by the expansion of the First French Empire under Napoleon I and to fight the War of the Seventh Coalition. In the wake of the final defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June , the alliance was formalized with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 20 November It renewed the use of the Congress System which sought to stabilize European international relations at the time and pledged each signatory to a military alliance that ultimately aimed to crush any recurrence of revolutionary outbreaks like those that led to the French Revolution if they occurred anywhere in Europe. The quadr
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