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N/A. English: French lithography purporting to depict the swearing-in ceremony at the château of Saint-Cloud near Paris on 19 July 1806, the day the treaty establishing the Confederation of the Rhine was ratified. On the platform, behind Napoleon, is his foreign minister Talleyrand (wearing a white wig). Standing up in the middle are the 16 rulers who joined the Confederation at its inception. The portly man in the foreground is King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. This propaganda engraving does not reflect reality since the rulers of Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden had sent envoys and were not
N/A. English: French lithography purporting to depict the swearing-in ceremony at the château of Saint-Cloud near Paris on 19 July 1806, the day the treaty establishing the Confederation of the Rhine was ratified. On the platform, behind Napoleon, is his foreign minister Talleyrand (wearing a white wig). Standing up in the middle are the 16 rulers who joined the Confederation at its inception. The portly man in the foreground is King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. This propaganda engraving does not reflect reality since the rulers of Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden had sent envoys and were not present at the ceremony. 1820s (). Charles Motte (1785-1836) 374 Confederation of the Rhine swearing-in 1806
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