Confederation of the Rhine

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Napoleonic client state confederation of states historical political entity

The Confederation of the Rhine was a coalition of German states formed under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte that replaced the Holy Roman Empire and served as a French client alliance in early 19th-century Central Europe.

Aliases (4)

Confederation of the Rhine states ×1
Napoleonic client states ×1
Napoleonic reorganization of German states ×1
Rheinischer Bund ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic client state → confederation of states → historical political entity →
alsoKnownAs	Rheinbund → Rheinischer Bund →
capital	Frankfurt am Main →
continent	Europe →
country	German states →
currency	North German thaler → South German gulden →
dissolved	1813 →
endTime	1813 →
establishedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte →
followedBy	German Confederation →
hasType	French client alliance → customs and political union → military alliance →
headOfState	Napoleon Bonaparte →
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic Wars →
inception	12 July 1806 →
influencedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte →
legalBasis	Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine →
memberOf	First French Empire sphere of influence →
memberState	Duchy of Berg → Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin → Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz → Duchy of Nassau → Duchy of Oldenburg → Duchy of Saxe-Gotha → Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen → Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen → Duchy of Saxe-Weimar → Free City of Frankfurt → Grand Duchy of Baden → Grand Duchy of Berg → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Grand Duchy of Würzburg → Kingdom of Bavaria → Kingdom of Saxony → Kingdom of Württemberg → Principality of Anhalt → Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen → Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → Principality of Isenburg → Principality of Lippe → Principality of Reuss → Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe → Principality of Schwarzburg → Principality of Waldeck →
officialLanguage	German →
partOf	Napoleonic reorganization of Germany →
protector	Napoleon Bonaparte →
reasonForDissolution	Treaty of Paris (1814) → defeat of Napoleon →
religion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
replaced	Holy Roman Empire →
significantEvent	withdrawal of member states after 1813 Battle of Leipzig →
startTime	1806 →
subcontinent	Central Europe →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grand Duchy of Berg ("Napoleonic reorganization of German states") → Grand Duke of Berg → Hesse-Kassel → Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → Kingdom of Westphalia → Prince of Lucca and Piombino ("Napoleonic client states") → Waldeck →	partOf
Duchy of Nassau → Duke of Nassau → Grand Duchy of Baden → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Kingdom of Bavaria → Kingdom of Württemberg →	memberOf
Patriotic War of 1812 → War of the Fifth Coalition → War of the Fourth Coalition →	belligerent
German mediatization → Holy Roman Empire → dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire →	followedBy
First French Empire →	alliedWith
Confederation of the Rhine ("Rheinischer Bund") →	alsoKnownAs
Grand Duchy of Berg →	country
King of Württemberg →	elevationContext
Système continental →	enforcedIn
Elector of Hesse →	hasElectoralDignityIn
House of Württemberg →	historicalAllegiance
Napoleonic Wars →	mainBelligerent
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ("Confederation of the Rhine states") →	participant
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire →	relatedTo