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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2009
The consensus on the moral aspect of the Papal election of 1829 expressed in the above statements represents an unusual agreement between two men who seldom agreed about anything, least of all about the conclave of 1829, which had been a battleground for their conflicting interests. This battle between two old rivals, their last conflict, as it turned out, adds interest to an event that was in itself important for the course of Restoration history. Although Chateaubriand's role has been studied, primarily from the viewpoint of literary rather than of diplomatic history, Metternich's part has been strangely ignored. Since it was the Austrian chancellor rather than the French ambassador who won this particular encounter, Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich deserves greater attention from historians than he has received. Consequently, this article is devoted primarily to the Austrian side of the struggle to elect a Pope in 1829.
I would like to express my appreciation to Richard Blaas, the director of the Viennese Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, and his staff for their assistance in locating required documents.
2 Metternich to Count Rudolf Lutzow, the Austrian ambassador at Rome, Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv (Vienna) (hereafter cited as “Staatsarchiv [Vienna]”), Staatskanzlei. Rom, Varia, Fasc. XLVII.
3 Chateaubriand, and anonymous, Journal d'un conclave, edited by Thomas, Louis (Paris: Messein, 1913), p. 65.Google Scholar
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All of the works cited above mention the important role played by Austria, but none offers a complete and reliable account of it. In line with the anti-Austrian prejudices of the Risorgimento era, most of them tend to describe Metternich as a supporter of the reactionary party, while the opposite was actually the case. Moreover, no author but Schmidlin consulted the important documents housed in the Viennese Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, and he was more concerned with throwing new light on the conclave than with examining Austrian policy per se. The documentation published in Mémoires, documents et écrits divers laissés par le Prince de Metternich (8 vols., Paris: Plon, 1881–1884), Vol IV, p. 587Google Scholar, is too brief to be informative. Surprisingly, the numerous modern works on Metternich, above all, von Srbik's, Heinrich Ritter Metternich, der Staatsmann und der Mensch (3 vols., Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1925–1954)Google Scholar, fail to discuss his role at this conclave. The present study is, therefore, intended to be the first detailed account based on previously neglected archival sources in the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv and elsewhere of Metternich's policies at the conclave of 1829. My aim is to throw light not only on the conclave itself but also on Metternich's relations with the Papacy and with France.
The role of France in the conclave has been subjected to greater scrutiny, mainly because Chateaubriand happened to be the French representative there. Most studies of the part played by France, usually the work of literary historians, tend to be rather superficial in regard to the diplomatic and political aspects of the conclave and stress the personal role of Chateaubriand. Their depictions of the French ambassador's importance and successes have often been colored by Chateaubriand's own inflated evaluation of his contributions. The most reliable work is Durry's, Marie-Jeanne L'ambassade romaine de Chateaubriand (Paris: Champion, 1927)Google Scholar, which is superior to de Loménie's, Emmanuel Beau La carrière politique de Chateaubriand de 1814 à 1830 (2 vols., Paris: Plon, 1929), Vol. II, pp. 268–314Google Scholar. Chateaubriand's own version can be found in his Mémoires d'outre-tombe, edited by E. Bire and P. Moreau (2nd ed., 8 vols., Paris: Plon, 1929), Vol. V; in his Lettres à Madame Récamier pendant son ambassade à Rome, edited by Beau de Lomenie (Paris: Plon, 1929); and his comments in the Journal d'un conclave. A more balanced account of his role can be found in the standard work on Franco-Papal relations during this period by Feret, Pierre: La France el le Saint-Siège sous le premier Empire, la Reslauration el la Monarchie de Juillet (2 vols., Paris: Savaete, 1911), Vol. II, pp. 395–413Google Scholar. On Franco-Austrian relations during this era, see the masterful work by de Sauvigny, Guillaume de Bertier: Metternich el la France après le Congrès de Vienne (3 vols., Paris: Hachette, 1968–1971)Google Scholar. There is a brief but solid account of the conclave of 1829 in Vol. Ill, pp. 1,266–1,271.
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10 Bernetti to Consalvi, November 4, 1815, Archivio segreto vaticano, Rubrica 25, No. 1.
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14 This was done by exercising his right of “exclusive” veto—a privilege which was also possessed by France and Spain.
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17 Metternich to Lutzow, March 4 and 12, 1829, ibid.
18 This account of the changed situation in 1829 is based on Lutzow, to Metternich, , February 14 and 28 and March 10 and 20, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Siaatskanzlei, Rom. BerichteGoogle Scholar, Fasc. XXXVII, Nos. 70-C, 75-A, 78-C, and 81-A; Colapietra, La Chiesa tra Metternich e Lammenais; Colapietra, “II diario Brunelli del conclave del 1829;” and Chateaubriand's reports in the Archives du ministére des affaires étrangéres (Paris), January-March, 1829, in Fascs. CMLXV and CMLXV1.
19 On the religious crisis in France, see de Sauvigny, Guillaume de Bertier, The Bourbon Restoration, translated by Case, Lynn M. (Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966), pp. 300–324 and 374–429.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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24 Metternich, to Lutzow, , March 5, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, Weisungen, Fasc. XXXVIII, No. I.Google Scholar
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25 Instructions to the French cardinals, February 21, 1829, as printed in Bianchi, , Stpria documentata delta diplomazia europea in Italia 1814–1861, Vol. II, pp. 422–429Google Scholar. The foreign minister's instructions to Chateaubriand were similar in tone, though they were less detailed and precise. See Portalis to Chateaubriand, February 21, 22, and 24, 1829, Archives du ministere des affaires étrangères (Paris), Fasc. CMLXV, Nos., II, 12, and 13.
27 Chateaubriand to Portalis, February 17, 1829, ibid., Fos. 224–226.
28 For Chateaubriand's policy at the conclave, see his reports in the Archives du ministère des affaires étrangères (Paris), Fascs. CMLXV and CMLXV1 (February-March, 1829). These documents, however, do not always reveal the entire truth, since Chateaubriand wanted to conceal his own policy and later the extent of his defeat. Although they have their own biases, the reports of other foreign ambassadors in Rome provide useful corrections. See especially Lutzow, to Metternich, , February 14 and 19, March 10, II, 14, 20, 21, and 31, and April 10, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, Berichte.Google Scholar Fasc. XXXVII, Nos. 70-D, 72, 78-C, 79-B, 80, 81-B, 82-A, 84-B, and 87-B; Malzen's reports from February to April, 1829, in the Geheimes Archiv (Munich), Päpstlicher Stuhl, Fasc. DCCLII; and the reports of Crosa to De la Tour from February to April, 1829, in the Archivio di Stato (Turin), Letlere minisiri Roma, Fascs. CCCXXVII-CCCXXVIII.
29 This account of the opening two weeks of the conclave has been based on Lutzow, to Metternich, , February 24 and 28 and March 5 and 7, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, Berichte.Google Scholar Fasc. XXXVII, Nos. 73, 75-A, 76-B, and 77; Chateaubriand to Portalis, February 23 and 28 and March 3, 6, and 10, 1829, Archives du ministère des affaires átrangères (Paris), Fasc. CMLXV, Nos. 20, 21, 23, and 24; Crosa to De la Tour, February 24 and 26 and March 3 and 7, 1829, Archivio di Stato (Turin), Lettere ministri Roma, Fasc. CCCXXVII; Colapietra, “II diario Brunelli del conclave del 1829,” pp. 536–541 and 636–643; and Dardano, Diario dei conclavi del 1829 e del 1830–31, pp. 28–36.
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36 Even his opponents admired his tactics. One wrote: “Albani is an able man. Call him the devil if you will; but on account of his skill, his ability to manage men, and his talents, he is perfectly suited to succeed in the affairs he undertakes.” Chateaubriand, Journal d'un conclave, p. 71. For the tactics employed by Albani, see the reports by Lutzow, on March 10, 20, 21, and 29, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, BerichteGoogle Scholar, Fasc. XXXVII, Nos. 78–C, 81–A, and 82–A; and Albani, to Metternich, , April 21, 1829, Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, Varia, Fasc. XLIII.Google Scholar
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39 See ibid., pp. 257–258.
40 Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'outre-tombe, pp. 112–113.
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48 Chateaubriand, Journal d'un conclave, p. 93.
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50 For Stendhal's account of this event, see his Promenades dans Rome (2 vols., Paris: Plon, 1926), Vol. II, pp. 352–357.
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65 Portalis to Chateaubriand, April 8, 1829, ibid., Fasc. CMLXV, No. 23.
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67 Chateaubriand to Portalis, April 16, 1829, ibid., No. 33.
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69 Chateaubriand to Portalis, April 28, 1829, Archives du ministère des affaires étrangères (Paris), Fasc. CMLXVI, No. 34. Unfortunately for Chateaubriand, not only was his proposal not accepted by the French foreign minister but it was intercepted on the way to Paris by the Austrian secret police. Metternich promptly sent a copy to Rome to heighten Albani's and the Pope's distrust of France and strengthen their loyalty to Austria. Metternich, to Lutzow, , May 22, 1829 (secret), Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Staatskanzlei, Rom, Weisungen, Fasc. XXXVIII.Google Scholar
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