- To control access to the Midlands
- As a symbol of the power and prestige of the Warwick family
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After the first abdication of Napoleon Ist on April 6, 1814, the victorious European powers met in Vienna to negotiate and redesign a new European order. These four great powers are the monarchies hostile to the Revolution and wishing to preserve a monarchical order in Europe; there are Great Britai
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