Aix-la-Chapelle, << `AYKS` lah shah PEHL or EHKS`lah shah PEHL` >> Congress of, met in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany, in 1818. It was the first summit meeting called to preserve the peace established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
In 1818, Europe was still struggling with problems that had grown out of the Napoleonic Wars. Even with Napoleon in exile, fear of France and of revolution persisted. The conservative monarchs Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of Prussia attended the congress. The United Kingdom was represented by the Duke of Wellington and Lord Castlereagh, Austria by Prince von Metternich, and France by the Duc de Richelieu. Richelieu convinced the congress that France would keep the peace, and the allies withdrew their occupying troops from France. The congress also discussed ways to end the slave trade, stop sea raids by the Barbary States, and persuade Spain’s American colonies to accept Spanish rule.
See also Vienna, Congress of .
