Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace

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by Alan Palmer


  death of (1819), 1

  Cato Street conspiracy, London (1820), 1

  Cattaro, ceded by Russia to France (1807), 1

  Caucasus, Russians in, 1, 2

  Caulaincourt, General Armand de: with Napoleon at Tilsit, 1;

  Ambassador in St Petersburg, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  on Grand Duchess Catherine, 1;

  on Queen Louise, 1;

  and Grand Duchess Anna as bride for Napoleon, 1;

  loses his privileged position in St Petersburg, 1, 2;

  recalled, 1, 2;

  with Napoleon at Vilna (1812), 1;

  declines to undertake mission to A from Moscow, 1;

  with Napoleon on journey to Paris, 1;

  sent to arrange armistice (1813), 1;

  at Prague Conference, 1;

  as Foreign Minister, conveys Napoleon’s offer to negotiate peace (1814), 1;

  has alternate interviews with A and Napoleon, 1;

  conveys Napoleon’s offer to abdicate, 1, 2, 3

  censorship: by Tsar Paul, 1, 2;

  by Carlsbad Decrees, 1;

  in Russia (1819) 1, (1820) 2, (1823) 3

  Chanpagny, J.-B. de, French Foreign Minister, 1, 2, 3

  Charles, Archduke, 1, 2;

  as possible commander for Allied forces, 1;

  as possible husband for Grand Duchess Catherine, 1, 2, 3

  Charlotte, Princess, daughter of Prince Regent, 1, 2, 3

  Chatillon, peace negotiations at (1814), 1

  Chaumont, Treaty of, between Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia (1814), 1

  Chernyshev, General, attached to Russian Embassy in Paris, 1, 2;

  reports on movements of French troops are sold to, 1

  Chichagov, Admiral, 1;

  commanding in Moldavia, 1, 2n;

  advances on Minsk (1812), 1, 2

  Christian, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine the Great, 1

  civil service, new regulations for advancement in, (1809), 1

  Clarence, Duke of (later William IV of Britain), 1;

  proposes to Grand Duchess Catherine, 1

  Clarkson, Thomas, has interview with A, 1

  Clausewitz, Col. Karl von, 1, 2

  Coalitions against France: Second (1799), 1, 2, 3;

  Third (1805), 1, 2, 3;

  Prussia and Third, 1, 2

  passim Fourth (1813), 1

  Colditz, action at (1813), 1

  comet of 1811, 1

  Congress System, 1

  Constantine, Grand Duke (brother of A), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  at death of Empress Catherine, 1;

  and Tsar Paul’s military forces, 1, 2;

  married to Anna of Saxe-Coburg, 1, 2;

  allowed to join army in Italy, 1;

  on Tsar Paul’s “war on common sense”, 1;

  at Mikhailovsky Palace, 1;

  amorous vagaries of, 1, 2;

  at Austerlitz, 1, 2, 3;

  sent on mission to Berlin, 1;

  jealous of A, 1;

  at Tilsit, 1, 2;

  Empress Elizabeth on, 1;

  unpopular, 1, 2;

  at church ceremonies, 1, 2;

  pens bad advice to A, 1;

  in advance to Paris, 1, 2, 3;

  commands Polish Military Commission, Warsaw, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  renounces succession, 1, 2;

  marriage annulled;

  makes morganatic marriage, 1;

  informed of A’s illness, 1;

  at A’s death, proclaims Nicholas as Tsar, 1

  Constantinople, Russian and Napoleonic dreams of, 1, 2

  constitutionalism: indistinguishable from Jacobinism to Tsar Paul, 1;

  A’s avowed faith in, 1;

  A’s experiments with, in Poland, alarm Metternich, 1;

  German states linked by marriage with A committed to projects of, 1;

  prospects of, in Russia, 1;

  in Italy, 1;

  in Spain, 1;

  A apologetic for sympathy with, 1

  “Continental System”, Napoleon’s, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  economic ills produced by, 1, 2, 3;

  A takes Russia out of 1

  Copenhagen, British naval action at (1801), 1

  Corfu: Russians in (1804), 1, 2;

  ceded to France (1807), 1;

  British protectorate over (1815), 1

  Council of State: Permanent, established by A, 1, 2, 3;

  proposals for new, 1, 2;

  A takes advice on new, 1;

  new, at work, 1, 2;

  disappearance of, 1

  Cracow: surrendered by Austria to Russia (1809), 1;

  becomes Free City (1815), 1

  Crimea: Empress Catherine visits, 1;

  A visits, 1, 2

  Crimean fever, 1

  Cruickshank, George, ridicules A, 1

  Czartoryska, Princess Isabella, 1

  Czartoryski, Prince Adam: confidant and mentor of A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  circle round, 1, 2;

  and Grand Duchess (Empress) Elizabeth, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  member of Secret Committee, 1, 2;

  on A’s coronation, 1;

  and Prussia, 1;

  as Deputy Foreign Minister, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  growing influence of, 1, 2;

  and Grand Design, 1, 2, 3;

  schemes of, for restoration of Poland, 1, 2;

  with A on Austerlitz campaign (1805), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  on A, 1, 2;

  favours forward policy in Balkans, 1;

  resigns, 1;

  disapproved by aristocrats as a Pole, 1;

  consulted by A on Poland, 1, 2;

  in London, 1, 2;

  at Vienna as spokesman of Russian Poles, 1, 2;

  and Congress Poland, 1, 2, 3

  Czartoryski, Prince Constantine, 1, 2, 3

  Czartow, Galicia: annexed to Russia (1809), 1;

  returned to Austria (1815), 1

  Czernowitz, A meets Francis II at (1823), 1

  Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia): Turkish pro-French action in, leads to war with Russia (1806), 1, 2, 3;

  Russian annexation of, recognized at Erfurt, 1;

  A offers to restore to Austria, in return for Polish lands, 1;

  left under Turkish rule by Treaty of Bucharest (1812), 1n;

  A against Capodistrias’s scheme for Russian control of, 1;

  Ypsilanti leads revolt against Turkey in (1812), 1

  Davout, Marshal: commands French 3rd Corps at Austerlitz, 1, 2;

  commands army in Germany, 1, 2, 3;

  in 1812 campaign, 1, 2, 3;

  in retreat, 1

  Decembrist Rising (1825), 1

  Denmark: in League of Armed Neutrality, 1;

  British naval actions against (1801) 1, (1807) 2;

  in Tilsit settlement, 1

  Diebitsch, General: commander under Wittgenstein, 1;

  military aide-de-camp to A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Dimsdale, Dr Thomas, inoculates A against smallpox, 1

  disarmament, A’s proposals for, 1, 2

  Docturov, General, Russian commander, 1

  Dolgoruky, Prince Peter: leads opposition to Czartoryski, 1;

  as envoy to Berlin (1805), 1, 2;

  with A at Olmütz, 1, 2;

  as envoy to Napoleon, 1;

  and battle of Austelitz, 1, 2, 3;

  sent to Berlin again, 1, 2

  Dorpat, University of, 1

  Dover: A visits, 1, 2

  Dresden: Napoleon in (1812), 1;

  liberated (1813), 1;

  Napoleon returns to, 1, 2;

  battle of, 1, 2

  Drissa, on R. Dvina: defensive encampment built at, 1, 2;

  A at 1, 2

  Duroc, General: emissary from Napoleon to Bennigsen, 1, 2;

  at Tilsit, 1

  dynastic principle: Napoleon and, 1;

  and throne of France, 1, 2

  education: project for system of, 1;

  Ministry of, 1;

 
need for reform of, 1;

  Golitsyn as Minister for (1817), 1

  Elba: as place of exile for Napoleon, 1;

  Napoleon escapes from, 1

  Elena of Württemberg, married to Grand Duke Michael, 1, 2;

  in Russian social history, 1n;

  and death of A’s daughter, 1, 2

  Elizabeth Alexievna (Louise of Baden), Grand Duchess and then Enpress (wife of A), 1;

  and death of Empress Catherine, 1;

  birth and death of daughter of, 1;

  and Czartoryski, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and murder of Tsar Paul, 1;

  her family visit Russia, 1n;

  at coronation, 1;

  and Prussia, 1;

  relations between A and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and Grand Duchess Catherine, 1;

  appearance and dress, 1;

  after Austerlitz, 1, 2, 3;

  birth and death of second daughter (‘Lisinka’), 1, 2;

  after Tilsit, 1;

  comments on reforms, 1;

  and Queen Louise, 1;

  and marriage of Grand Duchess Catherine, 1;

  takes holiday by sea (1810), 1;

  at church ceremonies, 1, 2;

  on departure of A for war, 1;

  during 1812 campaign, 1, 2, 3;

  war charities of, 1;

  Mme de Stael on, 1;

  visits her mother in Baden (1814), 1, 2;

  in Vienna for Congress, 1, 2;

  interested in Julie von Krüdener, 1;

  in Munich with her sister, 1;

  in St Petersburg with A, 1, 2;

  at Moscow, 1;

  at Karlsruhe (1818), 1;

  and death of Grand Duchess Catherine, 1;

  on A’s travels, 1, 2,

  and difficulties caused by his absence, 1;

  and Semeonovsky mutiny, 1;

  attends A in illness, 1;

  and death of A’s daughter by Maria Naryshkin, 1;

  illness of, 1;

  recommended to go to Taganrog for winter, 1;

  travels after A, 1;

  at Taganrog, 1;

  during A’s illness, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and death, 1;

  remains in Taganrog until spring, 1;

  death of, 1

  Enghien, Duc d’, kidnapping and execution of (1804), 1, 2

  Erfurt: Napoleon and A meet at (1808), 1;

  Treaty of, 1;

  Napoleon offers principality of, to Duke Peter of Oldenburg, 1n

  Esterhazy, Marie, daughter of Metternich, 1

  Eylau, battle of (1807), 1

  Fain, Baron, secretary to Napoleon, 1

  Ferdinand VII of Spain, 1

  finance: Speransky and, 1, 2;

  decrees on, 1

  Finland: Russia conquers, 1, 2;

  annexation of, recognized at Erfurt, 1,

  and by Peace of Friedrichsham, 1n;

  Norway offered to Sweden as compensation for loss of, 1, 2;

  A visits (1819), 1

  Fontainebleau: Decrees of, on blockade against British goods (1810), 1;

  Treaty of (1814), 1

  Fouché, Joseph, in French government (1815), 1

  Fox, Charles James, 1, 2

  France: treaty between Russia and (1801), 1, 2;

  Treaty of Amiens between Britain and (1802), 1;

  A breaks off relations with (1804), 1;

  Austria at war with (1805), 1,

  defeated by, 1, 2;

  treaty between Russia and, not ratified (1806), 1;

  treaties between Russia and (1807), 1;

  secret treaty between Russia and (1808), 1;

  Austria makes preventive war against (1809) 1, 2, 3;

  Rhine as “natural frontier” of, 1;

  campaign in (1814), 1;

  question of future government of, 1;

  generous peace settlement with (1814), 1, 2;

  position of, at Vienna, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  defeated at Waterloo (1815), 1, 2;

  peace settlement with, 1;

  at Congress of Aix, 1;

  end of army occupation, 1n;

  suggested intervention in Spain by, 1,

  is authorized, 1;

  see also Napoleon

  Francis II, Emperor of Austria (Holy Roman Emperor to 1806), 1;

  in 1805 campaign, 1, 2;

  and battle of Austerlitz, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  A confides anti-French scheme to (1811), 1;

  in 1813–14 campaign, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  leaves Paris after peace treaty, 1;

  and Congress of Vienna, 1;

  visits Hungary with A and Frederick William, 1, 2;

  in 1815 campaign, 1, 2;

  and Holy Alliance, 1, 2;

  and Balkans, 1;

  meets A at Czernowitz, 1

  Frankfurt entry of Allies into (1813), 1

  Frederick II of Prussia (the Great), 1;

  A and Frederick William at tomb of, 1

  Frederick Augustus of Saxony: comes down on Napoleon’s side, 1;

  Talleyrand defends, 1;

  and Vienna settlement, 1

  Frederick William III of Prussia: A visits in Memel (1801), 1;

  and 3rd Coalition, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  allows Russian troops to cross his territory, 1;

  meets A in Berlin (1805), 1;

  after Austerlitz, 1, 2;

  Napoleon sees correspondence between A and, 1;

  A visits in Memel (1807), 1;

  in background at Tilsit, 1, 2, 3;

  A reduces Napoleon’s demands on, 1, 2;

  A visits at Königsberg (1808), 1;

  entertained in St Petersburg (1810), 1;

  A confides anti-French scheme to (1811), 1;

  meets Napoleon at Dresden (1812), 1;

  A offers alliance to (1813), 1;

  A joins at Breslau, 1;

  in 1813–14 campaign, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  in Paris, 1, 2;

  in Britain, 1, 2;

  enters Vienna with A, 1;

  visits Hungary with Francis II and A, 1, 2;

  instructs Hardenberg not to negotiate on Poland and Saxony, 1;

  leaves Vienna, 1;

  in 1815 campaign, 1;

  and Holy Alliance, 1, 2;

  A entertains (1818), 1;

  abandons vestiges of liberalism, 1;

  at Troppau Congress, 1

  Frederika, Princess of Baden (sister of Empress Elizabeth), 1, 2

  Friedland, battle of (1807), 1, 2, 3

  Friends, Society of: A and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  A asks for farming specialists from, 1

  Galicia: A expects Austria to cede, 1;

  A plans to incorporate in Poland, 1, 2;

  retained by Austria (1815), 1

  Gatchina: Grand Duke Paul’s estate at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Gentz, Friedrich von: secretary to Congress of Vienna, 1;

  on A at Aix, 1

  George III of Britain: mental illness of, 1, 2, 3;

  letter to A from, 1

  George, Prince of Holstein-Oldenburg, 1;

  marries Grand Duchess Catherine, 1;

  Governor-General of Tver and other provinces, 1, 2;

  advice to A from, 1, 2;

  dies of fever (1812), 1

  George, Prince of Wales (later George IV): Novosiltsov and, 1;

  A writes to, 1;

  ill feeling between A and (1813), 1n, 2, 3, 4;

  entertains A on royal yacht, 1;

  A exchanges letters with (1815), 1

  Germany: France, and Russian interest in states of, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  proposals for confederation of, 1, 2;

  A and Napoleon discuss, 1;

  Napoleon incorporates coasts of, into France (1810), 1, 2;

  collapse of Napoleon’s hold on (1813), 1;

  question of future of, 1;

  Teplitz Treaties and, 1;

  confederation of, agreed on, (at Chaumont) 1,

  (at Vienna) 1, 2, 3;

  Jewish com
munities in, 1, 2n;

  A sympathizes with smaller states in, 1

  Goethe, J. W. von, A meets, 1

  Gogol. N. V., The Government Inspector by, 1

  Golitsyn, Prince Alexei: army commander, 1;

  in suite of Empress Elixabeth, 1n;

  old friend of A, 1, 2, 3;

  “devotional secretary” to A, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Minister of Spiritual Affairs and Education (1817), 1;

  shares A’s interest in Society of Friends, 1;

  blames A for his relations with Maria Naryshkin 1;

  as messenger between A and Julie von Krüdener, 1;

  presses A for declaration on succession, 1;

  impressed by monk Photius, 1;

  enemies force resignation of, 1, 2

  Golitsyn, Princess Anna: A visits, in Crimea, 1

  Golovina, Countess Varvara, 1

  government: reform of administrative system of (1802), 1, 2

  grain exports, 1, 2

  Grand Design of A and Czartoryski (1804), 1

  Greeks: Russia and fate of, 1;

  rebel against Turkey (1821), 1;

  A’s dilemma over, 1;

  deputation of not allowed to meet A at Verona, 1;

  Ibrahim Pasha leads army against, 1

  Gregorius, Patriarch, executed by Turks (1821), 1

  Grellet, Stephen, of Society of Friends, 1;

  in Russia, 1, 2

  Grey, Lord, on A, 1

  Grimm, Melchior, friend of Rousseau, 1, 2, 3;

  Empress Catherine’s letters to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Grudzinska, Joanna, morganatic wife of Grand Duke Constantine, 1

  Guards regiments, 1;

  palace revolutions staged by, 1, 2, 3;

  and murder of Tsar Paul, 1;

  at coronation of A, 1;

  at Austerlitz, 1;

  mutiny of Semeonovsky Regiment of, 1

  Hager, Baron, Austrian chief of police, 1;

  for reports of spies to, see spies

  Hamburg: occupied by Russians (1813), 1;

  to be reconstituted as Free City, 1

  Hanover: in military plans (1805), 1, 2;

  proposed cession to Prussia of, 1, 2, 3

  Hardenberg, Prince Karl August von: Prussian representative at Teplitz, 1;

  wants European settlement (1814), 1;

  in Vienna, 1, 2, 3;

  at Troppau Congress, 1

  Harrowby, Lord, British Foreign Secretary (1804), 1

  Haugwitz, Count, Prussian envoy to Napoleon after Austerlitz, 1, 2

  Heidelberg, A at (1815), 1

  Heilbronn: A at (1815), 1;

  meets Julie von Krüdener at, 1

  Helen Pavlovna, Grand Duchess (sister of A), wife of Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1

  Herder, J. G. von, A meets, 1

  Hermitage, St Petersburg: A gives New Year ball at, 1;

  removal to safety of art treasures of (1812), 1, 2;

  collection at, includes gifts to A from Napoleon, 1

  Hessler, Pauline, nurse to A, 1

 

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