Concert of Europe:
The Concert of Europe, also known as the Congress System (after the Congress of Vienna) was the balance of power in Europe. It remained as the balance of power since the end of the Naopleonic Wars (1815) to the outbreak of World War I. Its founding powers were Austria, Prussia, Russian Empire, and the United Kingdom [ the members of the Quadruple Alliance responsible for the downfall of the First French Empire]. Not long after, France joined in and became the fifth ember of the concert. The leaders of the concert were British foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh, Austrian chancellor Klemens on Metternich, and Russian tsar Alexander I.
The main connection is that the age of the Concert is also sometimes known as the "Age of Metternich", because of the influence of the Metternich's conservatism and the dominance of Austria within the German Confederation (European Restoration).
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