Worst plausible Congress of Vienna?

The thread on better decisions in the Congress of Vienna made me interested in considering the worst Congress of Vienna that could have happened.

What do you think is the worst plausible way the Congress of Vienna could turn out, with multiple failings that would pave the way for future wars, (similarly to OTL's Versailles Treaty) but still being plausible within the diplomacy of the era?
 
Sure, that works. What conflicts might develop from the refusal of the great powers to work out a diplomatic solution? What would be done with the former French Empire?

Not so much specific things at this particular point (the issue of Saxony may cause problems, though) - all the continental powers are exhausted - but the Congress of Vienna established a relatively (within Europe) stable and peaceful international order as a consequence of its actions, but '48 might see Russia attempting to take advantage of Austria's weakness instead of going "Forces of counterrevolution unite!".
 
No battle at Waterloo, or the French win because the Prussians don't show up. Napoleon wins one more big victory on the scale of Austerlitz against Prussia, Britain, and Austria, but it is not enough to regain Germany. Napoleon is later defeated by a mostly Prussian / Russian / Austrian force with the Brits humiliated. Much more of France is actually under the control of the big winners when peace is drawn up. More looting and chaos in the countryside since there is no orderly entry into Paris and perhaps have the allies start antagonizing each other in the countryside for loot.

Russians get more of Poland, maybe even Galicia, because they cannot get stuff from France directly.

Prussia gets the Southern Netherlands, Arbitrarily starts grabbing stuff near Calais.

Austria grabs Alsace-Lorraine, more of Italy, possibly even stuff around the Rhone depending on how many long dead duchies the Austrians want to drag around.

Austrians grab more of Italy with more Hapsburg Duchies. Perhaps they do something stupid and annex Savoy.

Austrians start mucking about in Germany more against the German Princes / Kings that didn't jump Napoleon's ship fast enough.

Brits feel obligated to do something or lose all momentum and lose the balance of power. Maybe grab Calais itself, perhaps Corsica. Netherlands fall closer to British orbit since there is no Belgium attached.

Britain does something stupid in Spain that causes rifts. Not sure what.

Somehow give Sweden Finland and Norway, cause why not.

France is not invited.


Thats the best I can come up with off the top of my head.
 
It failing spectacularly with Prussia-Russia fighting Austria-France for their annexation plans and Britain going for isolationism, leading to years of blodshed, with localized power taking of revolutionary fanatics and countermoves of restauration forces, Polish and Italian uprisings...
 
Strip France of every single colony, give North Catalonia to Spain, Corsica to Britain or Austria, Give Saxony to Austria, demand crippling reparations, ban France from having a navy for 25 years.

Deem the Republic evil, the Empire the antichrist and the Bourbons a hazard - have a Habsburg crowned King of France.
 
Strip France of every single colony, give North Catalonia to Spain, Corsica to Britain or Austria, Give Saxony to Austria, demand crippling reparations, ban France from having a navy for 25 years.

Deem the Republic evil, the Empire the antichrist and the Bourbons a hazard - have a Habsburg crowned King of France.
Give them back the crowns of Spain, Naples, and Lucca as well? Can't keep any of the dastardly Bourbons around.
 
Give them back the crowns of Spain, Naples, and Lucca as well? Can't keep any of the dastardly Bourbons around.

Now we're getting into a Congress of Vienna designed to be vindictively anti-French/anti-Bourbon (wait, why anti-Bourbon?!), which I think runs afoul of "the diplomacy of the era"'s aims.
 
Now we're getting into a Congress of Vienna designed to be vindictively anti-French/anti-Bourbon (wait, why anti-Bourbon?!), which I think runs afoul of "the diplomacy of the era"'s aims.
Wasn't that the point? Making everything as horrible as possible and getting the entire western Mediterranean under Hapsburg rule?
 
Wasn't that the point? Making everything as horrible as possible and getting the entire western Mediterranean under Hapsburg rule?

The two are mutually exclusive.

What, I'm a Hapsburg fan, if you didn't expect me to say that, you don't know me very well.

Making everything as horrible as possible within the diplomacy of the time, said the original post. And this kind of "shit on France and shit on the Bourbons" is directly contrary to that - guys like Metternich might prefer something more extreme than OTL, but not this kind of "Let's go out of our way to cause future trouble.".
 
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