At the insistence of Napoleon, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baden">Baden</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Württemberg" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Württemberg">Württemberg</a> and thirteen minor principalities leave the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> and form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Rhine" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederation of the Rhine">Confederation of the Rhine</a>.