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Chapter 2: Congress of Erfurt (1808)
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This prototype of alternative history has been modified severely to increase consistency, it is recommended to reread all parts.
Congratulations, you have already read the Point of Divergence and you are ready for more. I have modified the second part of my prototype in order to strengthen coherence and cement the foundations that history will follow from now on. Enjoy it.
Congress of Erfurt (1808)
The expansion of the Duchy of Warsaw was met with horror by the monarchs of Austria and Russia. Austria was upset that it did not receive a part of Silesia apart from the danger posed by an expanded Polish state to its national borders, regarding the latter the Tsar Alexander saw him with greater concern because Russia owned large lands that in the past belonged to Poland.
At the Erfurt Congress (1808), Napoleon met with Tsar Alexander to strengthen ties between France and Russia, but the deliberations between the two did not materialize. Napoleon wanted the total support of his ally to ease the pressure caused by the Peninsular War and deter Austria from going to arms. Alejandro, on the other hand, was disappointed with the little support received from Napoleon in the Russian-Turkish War (1806-1812) and the aggrandizement of Poland at the expense of Prussia in addition to the negative effects of the Continental System on the Russian economy. It should be said that Alexander was instigated by Talleyrand to distrust Napoleon, which, together with the Tsar's fear of being overthrown by his own aristocracy in the case of being too complacent to Napoleon, defined his uncompromising attitude with Napoleon. On October 14, both rulers went to their homeland.
L'entrevue d'Erfurt,oil on canvas by Nicolas Gosse
Most historians agree that the ambiguous deliberations of the Erfurt Congress convinced Napoleon that the best course of action was to strengthen the Duchy of Warsaw to have a fierce ally in case Russia or Austria tried to attack it, at the same time it weakened an annoying enemy like Prussia.
From the Treaties of Tilsit, the French emperor had in mind the idea of getting rid of Prussia, but preferred not to do so in order to maintain good relations with Russia. However, the idea was there and Stein's letter was the political pretext to at least take away one of its richest regions and give it to a more reliable ally and there are even those who say that Napoleon himself organized it although this would already enter territory speculative.
This prototype of alternative history has been modified severely to increase consistency, it is recommended to reread all parts.
Congratulations, you have already read the Point of Divergence and you are ready for more. I have modified the second part of my prototype in order to strengthen coherence and cement the foundations that history will follow from now on. Enjoy it.
Congress of Erfurt (1808)
The expansion of the Duchy of Warsaw was met with horror by the monarchs of Austria and Russia. Austria was upset that it did not receive a part of Silesia apart from the danger posed by an expanded Polish state to its national borders, regarding the latter the Tsar Alexander saw him with greater concern because Russia owned large lands that in the past belonged to Poland.
At the Erfurt Congress (1808), Napoleon met with Tsar Alexander to strengthen ties between France and Russia, but the deliberations between the two did not materialize. Napoleon wanted the total support of his ally to ease the pressure caused by the Peninsular War and deter Austria from going to arms. Alejandro, on the other hand, was disappointed with the little support received from Napoleon in the Russian-Turkish War (1806-1812) and the aggrandizement of Poland at the expense of Prussia in addition to the negative effects of the Continental System on the Russian economy. It should be said that Alexander was instigated by Talleyrand to distrust Napoleon, which, together with the Tsar's fear of being overthrown by his own aristocracy in the case of being too complacent to Napoleon, defined his uncompromising attitude with Napoleon. On October 14, both rulers went to their homeland.
L'entrevue d'Erfurt,oil on canvas by Nicolas Gosse
Most historians agree that the ambiguous deliberations of the Erfurt Congress convinced Napoleon that the best course of action was to strengthen the Duchy of Warsaw to have a fierce ally in case Russia or Austria tried to attack it, at the same time it weakened an annoying enemy like Prussia.
From the Treaties of Tilsit, the French emperor had in mind the idea of getting rid of Prussia, but preferred not to do so in order to maintain good relations with Russia. However, the idea was there and Stein's letter was the political pretext to at least take away one of its richest regions and give it to a more reliable ally and there are even those who say that Napoleon himself organized it although this would already enter territory speculative.
- David Oudinot
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