The main topics covered on this blog are the 1813 Campaign by Napoleon and the Italian Wars from 1498 to 1525.
On the 12th July 1806, sixteen states (in present day Germany) signed the Confederation of the Rhine. On the 1st August, the members of the Confederation of the Rhine formally seceded from the Holy Roman Empire and on the 6th August the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved. By October 1808, 35 states had joined the confederation.
The Confederation of the Rhine was run by two bodies, the College of Kings and the College of Princes. The larger nations were represented on the College of Kings and smaller nations on the College of Princes.
The Confederation of the Rhine collapsed after Napoleon’s loss at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813.