Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna

The Castle of Laxemburg--Heron-Hawking--The Empress of Austria --A Royal Hunt--Fête at the Ritterburg--A Recollection of Christina of Sweden--Constance and Theodore, or the Blin...

[15] Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, whom the Comte de la Garde mentions so frequently, and always in terms of the deepest veneration, was indeed a grandiose figure. Born in Br...

Some Original Types at the Congress--M. Aïdé--A Witticism of the Prince de Ligne--Mme. Pratazoff--Mr. Foneron--The Old Jew--His Noblesse and his Moral Code--Mr. Raily--His Dinne...

The Prince de Ligne--His Wit and his Urbanity--Robinson Crusoe --The Masked Ball and Rout--Sovereigns in Dominos--The Emperor of Russia and the Prince Eugène--Kings and Princes...

The Fire at the Razumowski Palace--The Prince’s Great Wealth --The Vicissitudes of Court Favour in Russia--Prince Koslowski--A Reminiscence of the Duc d’Orléans--A Remark of Tal...

The Last Love-Tryst of the Prince de Ligne--A Glance at the Past --Z----or the Consequences of Gaming--Gambling in Poland and in Russia--The Biter Bit--Masked Ball--The Prince d...

The Prince de Ligne’s Song of the Congress--Life on the Graben --The Chronicle of the Congress--Echoes of the Congress-- A Companion Story to the Death of Vatel--Brie, the King...

Prince Eugène de Beauharnais--Recollections of the Prince de Ligne--The Theatre of the ‘Ermitage’ and of Trianon --The Baron Ompteda--some Portraits--The Imperial _Carrousel_--T...

A Luncheon at M. de Talleyrand’s on his Birthday--M. de Talleyrand and the MS.--The Princesse-Maréchale Lubomirska --The New Arrivals--Chaos of Claims--The Indemnities of the Ki...

Reception at Madame de Fuchs’s--Prince Philippe d’Hesse-Hombourg --The Journalists and Newsmongers of Vienna--The French Village in Germany--Prince Eugène--Recollection of the C...

Religious Ceremony for the Anniversary of the Death of Louis XVI.--Reception at Talleyrand’s--Discussion on the Subject of Saxony and Poland--The Order of the Day of the Grand-D...

The Emperor Alexander, the King of Prussia, and the Naval Officer --Surprise to the Empress of Russia--More Fêtes--A Ball at M. de Stackelberg’s--Paul Kisseleff--Brozin--Fête of...

During the next four days the whole of Vienna seemed engrossed with the accounts of the magnificence of the _carrousel_. Every particular was eagerly caught up, the names of the...

I had promised to meet Alexander Ypsilanti in the grand avenue of the Prater, and at the appointed time I was there. To me the beautiful spot teemed with delightful recollection...

I had missed Ypsilanti from his usual haunts for a considerable time, and on the rare occasions that I caught a glimpse of him, melancholy seemed to have taken him for its prey....

When I went to pay my daily visit to the prince, he was still in bed, and I made my way to his library, where they had placed his couch. The room in which a famous man spends th...

Napoleon has left Elba--Aspect of Vienna--Theatricals at the Court--Mme. Edmond de Périgord and the Rehearsal-- Napoleon’s Landing at Cannes--The Interrupted Dance--Able Conduct...

A Court Function--The Empress of Austria--The Troubadours-- Amateur Theatricals--The Empress of Russia--The Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg--Tableaux-Vivants--Queen Hortense’s So...

The Drawing-rooms of the Comtesse de Fuchs--The Prince Philip of Hesse-Homburg--George Sinclair--The Announcement of a Military Tournament--The Comtesse Edmond de Périgord-- Gen...

Reception at M. de Talleyrand’s--His attitude at the Congress-- The Duc de Dalberg--The Duc de Richelieu--Mme. Edmond de Périgord--M. Pozzo di Borgo--Parallel between the Prince...

The Comte de Rechberg’s Work on the Governments of the Russian Empire--The King of Bavaria--Polish Poem of Sophiowka-- Madame Potocka, or the Handsome Fanariote--Her Infancy-- P...

Isabey’s Study--His Picture of the Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Vienna--The Imperial Sepulchre at the Capuchins --Recollections of the Tombs of Cracow--Preacher Werner -...

Marquis de Bièvre, which seemed to afford him great amusement, and expressed the intention of getting well again in a short time if only to spite the gossip-mongers of the capital.

One of the most painful events of my life, namely, the death of the Prince de Ligne, also damped the gaieties of the Congress. The event affected me so deeply, and it was so une...

The Fire at the Razumowski Palace--The Prince’s Great Wealth --The Vicissitudes of Court Favour in Russia--Prince Koslowski--A Reminiscence of the Duc d’Orléans--A Re-mark of Ta...

The Prince de Ligne--His Wit and his Urbanity--Robinson Crusoe--The Masked Ball and Rout--Sovereigns in Dominos --The Emperor of Russia and Prince Eugène--Kings and Princes--Zib...

Some Original Types at the Congress--M. Aïdé--A Witticism of the Prince de Ligne--Mme. Pratazoff--Mr. Foneron--The Old Jew--His Noblesse and his Moral Code--Mr. Raily-- His Dinn...

Reception at Madame de Fuchs’s--Prince Philippe d’Hesse-Hombourg--The Journalists and Newsmongers of Vienna--The French Village in Germany--Prince Eugène-- Recollection of the C...

Religious Ceremony for the Anniversary of the Death of Louis XVI.--Reception at Talleyrand’s--Discussion on the Subject of Saxony and Poland--The Order of the Day of the Grand-D...

Isabey’s Study--His Drawing of the Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Vienna--The Imperial Sepulchre at the Capuchins --Recollections of the Tombs of Cracow--Preacher Werner -...

A Luncheon at M. de Talleyrand’s on his Birthday--M. de Talleyrand and the MS.--The Princesse-Maréchale Lubomirska --New Arrivals--Chaos of Claims--The Indemnities of the King o...

The Emperor Alexander, the King of Prussia, and the Naval Officer --Surprise to the Empress of Russia--More Fêtes--A Ball at M. de Stackelberg’s--Paul Kisseleff--Brozin--Fête of...

The Castle of Laxemburg--Heron-Hawking--The Empress of Austria--A Royal Hunt--Fête at the Ritterburg--A Recollection of Christina of Sweden--Constance and Theodore, or the Blind...

The Prince de Ligne’s Song of the Congress--Life on the Graben --The Chronicle of the Congress--Echoes of the Congress-- A Companion Story to the Death of Vatel--Brie, the King...

The Last Love-Tryst of the Prince de Ligne--A Glance at the Past--Z---- or the Consequences of Gaming--Gambling in Poland and in Russia--The Biter Bit--Masked Ball--The Prince d...

The Comte de Rechberg’s Work on the Governments of the Russian Empire--The King of Bavaria--Polish Poem of Sophiowka-- Madame Potocka, or the Handsome Fanariote--Her Infancy-- P...

Prince Eugène de Beauharnais--Recollections of the Prince de Ligne--The Theatre of the ‘Ermitage’ and of Trianon--The Baron Ompteda--Some Portraits--The Imperial _Carrousel_ --T...

A Court Function--The Empress of Austria--The Troubadours --Amateur Theatricals--The Empress of Russia--The Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg--Tableaux-Vivants--Queen Hortense’s So...

Reception at M. de Talleyrand’s--His Attitude at the Congress --The Duc de Dalberg--The Duc de Richelieu--Mme. Edmond de Périgord--M. Pozzo di Borgo--Parallel between the Prince...

The Drawing-Rooms of the Comtesse de Fuchs--The Prince Philip of Hesse-Homburg--George Sinclair--The Announcement of a Military Tournament--The Comtesse Edmond de Périgord Gener...