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The Concert of Europe also known as the "Congress System" was a series of meetings between the old great powers of Europe between 1815 and 1822, following the era of Napoleon. Its founding members were Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia who were also members of the 6th Coalition (Quadruple Alliance) responsible for the downfall of Napoleon I. The leading personalities of the system were British foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh, Austrian Chancellor Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and Alexander I the Tsar of Russia. The congress system's first primary objectives were to