No 100 Days?

Fearless Leader

Fearless Leader

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Suppose that the Allies get a whole lot smarter and either exile Nappy to St. Helena the first time or perhaps good old Napoleon dies on his short lil' boatride over to Elba.

Anyhow, there's now no 100 Days campaign no Battle of Waterloo etc. etc. The Congress of Vienna goes on uninterupted.

How does this affect the Congress of Vienna? Does France do a little better, retaining perhaps a few more colonies? Joachim Murat remains on the throne in the Kingdom of Naples, how does that affect things? How would a lack of a 100 Days campaign affect Europe in general?
 
DrakeRlugia

DrakeRlugia

France is, overall, better off in the long run. She keeps more territory (1792 as opposed to 1790 borders) and gets to keep many of the Napoleonic era generals without their treachery being exposed due to the Hundred Days occuring. The Restoration might survive if it has a better standing, but it doesn't seem likely.

Parma remains hereditary. This means when Marie Louise dies, Napoleon II would inherit (assuming he lives). Napoleon II in general might have a better life with more free-range. He'd probally inherit Elba and the rights to the Imperial title.

Murat probally won't remain in Naples. IIRC, Austria had plans to dethrone him ASAP to restore the Bourbons. His treachery and allegiance to Napoleon only hastened that.

Wellington might not be as famous, nor would Britain have AS MUCH impact on the Congress of Vienna. Chances are Wellington might not become Prime Minister (thus delaying Catholic emancipation perhaps?) and the Slave trade might not be condemned at the Congress (as it was due to British insistence). Britain would overall have a lesser impact on continental politics during the period. Her "splendid isolation" would most likely begin sooner.

Napoleon remains in Elba, but will probally be removed at some point to Saint Helena, the Azores, or something else. If he stays on Elba, he might live longer, because wasn't the main cause of his death arsenic poisoning, caused by his home in Saint Helena? At any rate, Napoleon remains "Emperor of Elba" but dies in squallor because he never recieves his pension from Louis XVIII (who withheld it and had no intention to grant it to him).
 

Wendell

So, if Napoleon II reigns in Parma, might he become a more active player in more wider-ranging affairs?
 
DrakeRlugia

DrakeRlugia

I would think so. Aside from being the Duke of Parma, Napoleon II would have rights to the Imperial title and could technical style himself Emperor Napoleon II. There is also the Cabonarri(sp?) movement in Italy which was Bonapartist and Anti-Habsburg. Napoleon II, from what I hear was a rather wise man, alot like his father. It's rather unlikely, but Napoleon II might be able to place himself at the head of the Cabonarri movement and possibly become the King of Italy when the unification wars kick off in Italy..
 
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