Confederation of the Rhine
Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine was the title held by Napoleon, Emperor of the French, in his function as leader of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813). The term in French was "Protecteur de la Confédération", in German "Protector des rheinischen Bundes". The title was created by the Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine, which was an international treaty between the emperor and some German princes. The treaty text mentions the emperor only once explicitly: