QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE in English

(1815) Alliance between Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia first formed in 1813 to oppose France in the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars .

It was officially renewed in 1815 to enforce the peace settlement concluded at the Congress of Vienna . The allies agreed to meet occasionally to keep European political development within terms of the 1815 settlement. This program was partially carried out by the Congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818), Troppau (1820), Laibach (1821), and Verona (1822).

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