Why on Earth was Napoleon treated to leniently?

[Lord Baal]

Don't forget Frederick William III's thoughts on the matter: So, can I annex this yet?

 

[Dachs]

Essentially everybody except Leopold himself was interested in compensatory annexations, though.

 

[Lord Baal]

Essentially everybody except Leopold himself was interested in compensatory annexations, though.

FW was interested in annexing pretty much everything that wasn't nailed down though. I'm pretty sure he'd have tried to annex Mongolia if he thought he could get away with it.

 

[Dachs]

And Pitt the Younger wouldn't have done the same?

 

[Lord Baal]

And Pitt the Younger wouldn't have done the same?

I think Pitt was just interested in annexing anything he thought had wealth, wasn't he? Frederick William III seemed interested in annexing everything, period. Of course, maybe I'm using my hindsight wrong.