Virtually every state in Europe has a…
December 1814 CE
In addition, there are representatives of cities, corporations, religious organizations (for instance, abbeys) and special interest groups—e.g., a delegation representing German publishers, demanding a copyright law and freedom of the press.
The Congress is noted for its lavish entertainment: according to a famous joke it does not move, but dances.
Spain, Portugal, and Sweden had not been part of the Chaumont agreement, but had joined the Treaty of Paris.
Other prominent states include Denmark, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the Papal States, the Republic of Genoa, Bavaria, Württemberg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Hanover, at this time in a personal union with the British crown (King George III had refused to recognize the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and had maintained a separate diplomatic staff as Elector of Hanover to conduct the affairs of the family estate, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, until the results of the Congress were concluded, establishing the Kingdom of Hanover.)
Locations
People
Alexander I of Russia
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
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Charles XIII of Sweden
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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway
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Karl August von Hardenberg
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Karl Nesselrode
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Karl von Dalberg
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Klemens von Metternich
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Louis XVIII of France
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Napoleon
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Groups
Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
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Portuguese Empire
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Sweden, (second) Kingdom of
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Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of
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Norway, dependent Danish kingdom of
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Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
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Prussia, Kingdom of
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (restored) Duchy of
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Pomerania, Swedish
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Russian Empire
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Netherlands, Southern (French)
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Switzerland
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France, (first) Empire of
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Austrian Empire
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Italy, Bonapartist Kingdom of
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Bavaria, Kingdom of
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Württemberg, Kingdom of
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United Netherlands, Sovereign Principality of the
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Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of
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Denmark, Kingdom of
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Norway, dependent Swedish kingdom of
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Sweden and Norway, Union between the Kingdoms of
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Hanover, Kingdom of
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