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Confederated States of the Rhine
Rheinbund(German) États confédérés du Rhin(French)
1806–1813
Commemorative medal
The Confederation of the Rhine in 1812
Status
Confederation of client states of the French Empire
Capital
Frankfurt
Common languages
German, French
Religion
Catholicism
Protestantism
Demonym(s)
Rhenish
Government
Confederated French client states
Protector
• 1806–1813
Napoleon I
Prince-Primate
• 1806–1813
Karl von Dalberg
• 1813
E. de Beauharnais
Legislature
Diet of the Confederation
Historical era
Napoleonic Wars
• Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine
July 12th 1806
• Holy Roman Empire dissolved
6 August 1806
• Dissolved after Battle of Leipzig
4 November 1813
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Holy Roman Empire
German Confederation
Today part of
Germany Liechtenstein Austria
The Confederated States of the Rhine,[a] simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine[b] or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest of Napoleon some months after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz. Its creation brought about the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire shortly afterward. The Confederation of the Rhine lasted for 7 years, from 1806 to 1813.[1]
The founding members of the confederation were German princes of the Holy Roman Empire. They were later joined by 19 others, altogether ruling a total of over 15 million people. This granted a significant strategic advantage to the French Empire on its eastern frontier by providing a buffer between France and the two largest German states, Prussia and Austria (which also controlled substantial non-German lands).
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^Hans A. Schmitt. "Germany Without Prussia: A Closer Look at the Confederation of the Rhine". German Studies Review 6, No. 4 (1983), pp 9–39.
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