page_title: Confederation of the Rhine
section_title: Member monarchies
hierarchical_section_title: Confederation of the Rhine / Member monarchies
caption_attribution_description: Karte des Rheinbundes 1808/Map of Confederation of the Rhine 1808
context_page_description: The Confederation of the Rhine was a confederation of client states of the First French Empire. It was formed initially from sixteen German states by Napoleon after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz. The Treaty of Pressburg, in effect, led to the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, which lasted from 1806 to 1813.
  The members of the confederation were German princes formerly within the Holy Roman Empire. They were later joined by 19 others, altogether ruling a total of over 15 million subjects providing a significant strategic advantage to the French Empire on its eastern frontier by providing a separation between France and the two largest German states, Prussia and Austria, to the east, which were not members of the Confederation of the Rhine.
context_section_description: The following table shows the members of the confederation, with their date of joining, as well as the number of troops provided, listed in parentheses.
caption: Member states of the Confederation of the Rhine, 1808 (greatest extent)
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