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France was restored under the rule of Louis XVIII, and was deprived of all territory conquered by Napoleon. |
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Russia gained effective control over the new kingdom of Poland (previously the Grand Duchy of Warsaw), and was allowed to keep Finland (which it had annexed from Sweden in 1809). |
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Prussia was given approximately 2/5 of Saxony and important parts of Westphalia, the Rhine Province, Thorn, Pomerania, and the Polish province of Posen. |
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Great Britain received several strategic colonial territories (e.g.,
Malta, Cape Colony in South
Africa, ...), and they also gained control
of the seas. |
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Austria was given back most of the territory it had lost and was also given land in Germany and Italy (Lombardy, Parma, Modena, Tuscany and Venice), the Polish province of Galacia, Tirol, and Salzburg. |
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A German Confederation of 38 states (including Prussia) was created from the previous 360 and was placed under Austrian rule. Only portions of the territory of Austria and Prussia were included in the Confederation. |
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands united the Austrian Netherlands with the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) under the House of Orange. |
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The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway was formed under the Swedish monarchy. |
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Switzerland was guaranteed neutrality for its independence. |
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Spain gained Parma and was restored under Ferdinand VII. |
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The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was restored under the Bourbon Ferdinand I. |
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Sardinia was given Piedmont, Nice, Savoy, and Genoa. |
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Denmark gained Lauenburg. |
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Hanover was enlarged and made into a kingdom. |
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The Papal States were restored under the rule of the pope. |
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Freedom of navigation was guaranteed for many of the rivers in Europe. |