Stuttgart two emperors meeting
The two-emperors meeting in Stuttgart took place from September 24th to September 29th, 1857. After the Crimean War , which ended in 1856, Wilhelm I of Württemberg hosted the two opposing monarchs, Emperor Napoleon III. and Tsar Alexander for a Franco-Russian summit in the capital and residence of the Kingdom of Württemberg .
Major social event
On September 24, the Tsar arrived in Feuerbach by train with his wife Marie and a large entourage and drove from there to Villa Berg , where he stayed with his sister Olga and his brother-in-law Karl . On September 25th, Napoleon III came. with the special train from Paris and moved into his quarters in the premises specially prepared for him in the Stuttgart Palace . The Dutch Queen Sophie , the Greek Queen Amalie and the Russian Grand Duchess Helene also stayed in Stuttgart during this time. The social event, which was outstanding for the Württemberg capital, was accompanied by international press attention, lavish parties, gala dinners, opera performances and the spectacular appearance of the three monarchs at the Cannstatter Volksfest on September 28th, one day after the celebrations for the 76th birthday of the Württemberg king .
politics
The superficial round of glittering festivities provided the framework for the negotiations between Russia and France, which were led by the two foreign ministers, Prince Gorchakov and Count Walewski . The German public viewed the Stuttgart two-emperors meeting with skepticism, as they feared the danger of the German Confederation being embraced by the Russian Empire and the expansive French Empire . The meeting enabled Russia to break away from the political isolation it had suffered as a result of the Crimean War. France obtained from Russia the promise of neutrality in the event of a conflict with Austria in Italy. This case occurred two years later with the Sardinian War , which ended with an Austrian defeat.
literature
- Paul Sauer : Reformer on the royal throne. Wilhelm I of Württemberg. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-421-05084-8 , pp. 545-550.
Web links
Presentation of the Cannstatter Volksfestverein as a "Peace Conference on the Wasen"