Daniel...When Bavarian troops marched through the festively decorated gate on July 16, 1871 after their victories in the Franco-German war, it was only consecrated according to its name.
A surprise to me as Napoleon and Maximilian the First was allied. At the time of the peace of Presbourg, concluded on December 26, 1805 between France and Germany Bavaria was allied with Napoleon and was proclaimed kingdom. The elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria - sovereign of the Bavarian electorate since 1799 - officially accepted the title of «Maximilian King I of Bavaria» on January 1, 1806. It was therefore under the protection of Napoleon that the state of Bavaria was formed....
But maybe this is a French interpretation of History and the German Interpretation is different ...
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