So all I had to do was repaint my French infantry with white coats faced with scarlet, and – hey presto! Feb 4, 2017 - Explore Brett Dingli's board "Napoleonic Uniforms - Confederation of the Rhine" on Pinterest. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. But you could always ask regiments of other nations if they want to change name to something related with the CdR. After the fall of Napoleon, he attended the Congress of Vienna and was confirmed as King. Disaffection was to lead to defection. That the institution was useful was revealed by the fact that during the negotiations at Vienna in 1815, a new Germanic confederation was founded, this time without French hegemonic interest, although certain states were to maintain a certain nostalgia for the good old Napoleonic days. I have ordered the 5th to start. 4th Rheinbund - Saxon Duchies. Austria and Prussia were the only German states not included in the Confederation. Hi Roly, love the painting and the blog! By the way, that's 'me' in the above picture, as a special one-off 54mm model sculpted by the renowned Perry twins! And so when the French empire began to crumble (and the Confederation with it) Frederick changed sides in 1813, joining the Allies, where the fact that he was brother-in-law to the British Prince Regent (later George IV) helped his status. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I also did a regiment of Swiss (I know, not German) for a little more variety because I like the red jackets without having to going ‘English army’. The drummer is an old Hotspur figure. This provided the French Empire with a significant strategic advantage on its eastern border. All new…. Hi, I'm Roly, also known as 'Arteis' on some forums. Today’s ‘On Parade’ posting features the beginnings of a Confederation of the Rhine wargaming army I had planned to build up during the early 2000s, but never really got too far with. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Kingdom of Holland. Bavarian troops fought bravely and successfully in 1807, but they were to get nothing out of the Treaty of Tilsit (June 1807). They were initially shipped to Britain, then in February 1814 they embarked to sail to the Netherlands. Wurzburg. A triumph of diplomacy of ever there was one. in 1809 (this list, again, from Gill), these were: 1st Regiment Nassau (2nd Nassau regt) 2nd Regiment Nassau (1st Nassau regt) 3rd Regiment Wurzburg. Whether you are a private individual or a company, if you are a tax payer in France, you get tax benefits on donations to the Fondation Napoléon. Nice couple of German regiments – beautiful Front Rank figures as always! A further 19 joined later. The Confederation of the Rhine was an alliance of various German states that served as a satellite and major military ally of the French Empire with Napoleon as its “Protector,” and was created as a buffer state from any future aggression from Austria, Russia, or Prussia against France. 19 févr. Napoleon had enrolled Baden, Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt and Bavaria into his small French coalition against Russia, Austria and Britain. Indeed the smuggling problem was so acute that it was also cause the complete annexation of territories which were once rightful member of the confederation, notably on 13 December, 1810, when Napoleon annexed the northern state of Oldenburg, the two principalities of Salm, the duchy of Arenberg, to the Empire removing them from the Confederation of the Rhine. His smaller dimensions make him look like a drummer boy against the larger Front Rank figures. Franco-Bavarian relations were stretched to breaking point when Napoleon announced his divorce from the Crown Prince's mother-in-law and a new marriage to the daughter of the Austrian arch-enemy, Francis II. Whether you are a private individual or a company, if you are a tax payer in France, you get tax benefits on donations to the Fondation Napoléon. May 31, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by General Brock. Hmm, it was many years ago I read about that shipwreck, Chris. The stage was thus set (with diplomatic negotiations taking place at the same time in Paris) for the creation of a confederation of state lined up along the right bank of the Rhine. The Confederation of the Rhine - Württemberg: Plate 4. 1st Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Sergeant-Major, 1811 Waterloo 1815Battle Of WaterlooNassauWar DrumsGerman UniformsWar Of 1812Army UniformNapoleonic WarsMilitary History 1789-1815 Regiment d'Orange-Nassau Armee du royaume des Pays-Bas, le Regiment d'Orange-Nassau en 1815. These statelets were largely characterised by their interest in the Englightenment and the new ideas aired by the French Revolution. Although much smaller in scale to its 19th-century counterpart (it only mobilised about 10,000 troops as opposed to the 73,000 under Napoleon), it formed a French foreign policy standard of attempting to create a bridgehead against Prussia and Austria, just the other side of the Rhine. The first British Army of the Rhine was set up in March 1919 to implement the occupation of the Rhineland.It was originally composed of five corps, composed of two divisions each, plus a cavalry division: II Corps: Commanded by Sir Claud Jacob. The Confederation of the Rhine in all its glory! Thus as a result of a process of the ten years of assiduous courting, from the beginning of the French Revolution, France and the states to the right-hand side of the Rhine were drawing ever closer. Indeed, he became de facto an enemy to his father-in-law, George III. So this is what paper soldiers look like en masse? He then went on to marry his step son Eugène de Beauharnais to the Max Joseph's daughter Augusta Amalia and Josephine's niece, Stéphanie de Beauharnais to the Crown Prince of Baden both in the spring of 1806. Confederation of the Rhine: 6th Regiment, 2nd battalion Part 2 LtoR: Six companies of six: Waldeck Grenadiers, Waldeck fusiliers (campaign dress), Waldeck fusiliers (full dress), Reuss fusiliers (full dress), Reuss fusiliers (campaign dress) and Reuss fusiliers (campaign dress) Contingent du Gran Duché de Hesse Darmstadt .3eme Régiment d'Infanterie Furthermore, Austria was to behave highhandedly with respect to Bavaria, invading, annexing and outraging the population in September 1805, pushing Max I Joseph into Napoleon's arms even more effectively than if he had wanted to. "Confederation of the Rhine units in Spain" Topic. The 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment wore a smart green uniform with yellow trim (the Hungarian knots on their trousers are particularly nicely modelled by Front Rank). Similarly, Frederick of Württemberg found that all was not positive for him in the Confederation. I have been searching but struggle…. Brigade Uniform Plates — Confederation of the Rhine (Anhalt, Berg, Hamburg, Lippe, … ( Log Out /  your own Pins on Pinterest It is true that they were obliged to promise troops to Napoleon and to pay for the garrisoning of French troops on their lands, but they were given independent royal identities, their territories were rationalised, their administrations modernised, and they were protected from the predatory behaviour of Austria and Prussia by the Napoleon himself, who by the treaty was named ‘Protector'. 2nd Line Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Private, 1812 1809. Nassau Infantry 1808 - 1815 The states of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and, together with Hohenzollern, Salm, Isenburg, Liechtenstein, Leyen and Aremburg, supplied a brigade of four battalions to the Confederation forces. The best borders (defensively speaking) for France's were thought to be the Alps to the South and East and the Rhine river to the north and east. I am so enthused by these new Perry Miniatures figures that I did something I hardly ever do these days and started them under artificial light last night. It was these latter forces that I had planned to portray in my miniature Confederation army. 7th Rheinbund - Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In the early part of the Peninsular War the Würzburgers wore helmets, but by 1812 they wore French shakos. Indeed, for Bavaria, any Franco-Austrian rapprochement brought with it the spectre of Habsburg retaliation for Bavaria's opposition throughout the first decade of the 19th century. 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