The two
greatest international diplomats of the Napoleonic Era were the Austrian, Klemens
von Metternich and the Frenchman, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand. These two were
important people on the Napoleonic Era and there is a really good comparison
between them, in this essay I’m going to say the differences and the
similarities of Metternich and Talleyrand.
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ambitious plans of Napoleon at the height of his power. He did so with dignity and firmness, as his report of his important audience with Napoleon on 15 August, 1808, shows. Soon after, however, he engineered Austria's entry into the War of the Sixth Coalition on the Allied side, signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau that sent Napoleon into exile.
Charles-Maurice
de Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento, Bishop of Autun, French minister and
ambassador. He worked as foreign minister for the regime of Louis XVI, through several
governments of the French Revolution and then for Napoleon. He was Napoleon's
chief diplomatic aide. Most of the time, however, he worked for peace so as to
consolidate France's gains. He succeeded in obtaining peace with Austria in the
1801 Treaty of Luneville and with Britain in the 1802 Treaty of Amiens. He
resigned as foreign minister in August 1807 but Napoleon still trusted him.
Talleyrand connived to undermine Napoleon's plans and secretly dealt with Tsar
Alexander of Russia and the Austrian minister Metternich. When Napoleon fell,
he took charge of the Bourbon restoration based on the principle of legitimacy.
He played a major role at the Congress of Vienna, where he negotiated a favorable
settlement for France while undoing Napoleon's conquests.
The
Differences between Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand and Klemens Von Metternich;
there’s no too many differences between these two ministers. Metternich was a
minister of the Austrian Empire; Talleyrand was France’s foreign minister.
Talleyrand worked for several governments and Metternich only for Napoleon. Napoleon
considered more trustable Talleyrand than Metternich. Metternich was forced to resign
and Talleyrand do it by his own.
The
similarities of these two characters were more that the differences. They both
were ministers and worked for Napoleon. Both changed the Austrian Empire. They
were really good politicians and both made treaties.
The present-day obscurity of both Talleyrand
and Metternich surprises because they not only influenced their own times, but
their political legacy continues to affect the world today. They both were
really good politicians, there are differences and similarities between them,
but they are really similar.
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