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Confederation of the Rhine

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Confederation of the Rhine league of German states formed by Emperor Napoleon I in 1806 after his defeat of the Austrians at Austerlitz . Among its members were the newly created kingdoms of Bavaria and Württenberg (see Pressburg, Treaty of ), the grand duchies of Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Berg, and a number of other principalities. Eventually nearly all the German states except Austria and Prussia joined the confederation. The members disavowed their allegiance to the Holy Roman Empire, and Francis II, already styled emperor of Austria, relinquished the title Holy Roman emperor... Read more

Confederation of the Rhine
Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13) A grouping...announced the creation of a Confederation of the Rhine, whose members were obliged...all the left bank of the Rhine, but the new Confederation gradually extended from the... Read more

Confederation of the Rhine
...Prussia. The confederation was abolished after Napoleon's fall from power, but the consolidation it entailed contributed to the movement for German unification. Confederation of the Rhine Confederation of the Rhine Confederation of the Rhine Read more

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	France's Napoleon complex.(Commentary)(Editorials) ; ...time, Napoleon fancied himself Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine and Mediator of the Swiss Confederation. Then he married the archduchess of the Habsburg empire. Meanwhile, his brothers ruled... Read more
	July's anniversaries.(fall of Roman Empire) ; ...satellite states beyond the Rhine, organized in a more rational...went on to organize the Confederation of the Rhine, which came formally into...German states joined the Confederation, which stretched from...the light and joined the Confederation of the Rhine. The insatiable ... Read more
	HIGH-SPEED TRAIN: SWITZERLAND STILL OUT OF THE PICTURE ; ...Franco-Swiss cooperation in the transport field, Swiss Confederation President Adolf Ogi and French Transport Minister Bernard...Government currently favours the Lyons-Turin route or the Rhine-Rhone Strasbourg-Macon link. The Rhine-Rhone link would allow easy high-speed rail connections...and central ... Read more
	Cuckoo! (Switzerland celebrates the 700th anniversary of its federation) ; ...the most direct route from the upper Rhine to Venice and the silk routes leading...considered the nucleus of the Swiss Confederation. The Swiss are celebrating the anniversary...Lucerne were invited to join the loose confederation. Its influence spread, sometimes by... Read more
	Cash for heroes.(News) ; ...battlefields. The Heroes Return programme is run with the help of the Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisation and National...and American troops landed at Normandy. The crossing of the Rhine, the battle for Italy and the campaigns in North Africa, will... Read more
	Swiss mix - Modernism meets the medieval in quaint Basel, Switzerland.(Travel) ; ...across three countries. Below, the city nestles along the Rhine River as it sweeps northward toward the mountains of France...to end. The middle of the city's major thoroughfare, the Rhine, is a natural place to start. The river divides the city...the left bank in Grossbasel. A small chapel on the Middle ... Read more
	Mergers and acquisitions. (dividing some European countries and annexing them to smaller countries could make Europe more balanced, like a business)(Brief Article) ; ...with its German neighbour: the giant federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Historical sensitivities (Hitler tried a more...way. More likely, countries will merge rather than divide: a confederation between the prosperous post-communist Slovenes with their... Read more
	IN SWITZERLAND, GOOD REASONS FOR CELEBRATIONS ; ...commemorate the founding in 1291 of their Confederation -- with speeches, fireworks and music...kind of celebration takes place at the Rhine Falls at Neuhausen. The cascading water...rocks before descending 75 feet to the Rhine, provides an impressive natural backdrop... Read more
	Europe -1560 ; ...Ocean Danube River Rhone R. Vistula River Elbe R. North Sea Loire R. Rhine R. Seine River Baltic Sea Adriatic Sea Volga River Dnieper River Caspian...Genoa Modena Mantua Saluzzo Ferrara Palermo Salerno Bari Ragusa Ravenna Confederation Swiss Read more
	Centuries-Old Church Subsidies May Be Weighing on Germany's Economy. ; ...exchange for their lands and the elimination of tithes. In 21st-century Germany, which covers much of Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, many of these early 19th-century agreements are still in effect, putting a fiscal strain on federal, state... Read more

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