Swiss Confederation (Napoleonic)

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Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
Swiss Confederation
Client of the First French Empire
←
1803 – 1815 →
Location of Swiss Confederation
Capital Not specified
Government Republic
Legislature Tagsatzung
Historical era Napoleonic Wars
 - Act of Mediation February 19, 1803
 - Congress of Vienna June 8, 1815

The Swiss Confederation was established as a result of the Act of Mediation issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803 in the aftermath of the Stecklikrieg. The period of Swiss history from 1803 to 1815 is itself known as Mediation.

[edit] Act of Mediation

Main article: Act of Mediation

The act also abolished the previous Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798. After the withdrawal of French troops in July 1802, the Republic collapsed (Stecklikrieg). The Act of Mediation was Napoleon's attempt at a compromise between the Ancien Regime and a Republic. This intermediary stage of Swiss history lasted until the Restoration of 1815.

[edit] History

Main article: Switzerland in the Napoleonic era

In 1803 Napoleon's Act of Mediation partially restored the sovereignty of the cantons, and the former tributary and allied territories of Aargau, Thurgau, Graubünden, St. Gallen, Vaud and Ticino became cantons with equal rights.

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