Editing History of Austria (section)

==== War of the Third Coalition (1805) ====
{{Main|War of the Third Coalition}}
Soon, Napoleon's continuing machinations in Italy, including the annexation of [[Genoa]] and [[Parma]], led once again to war in 1805—the [[War of the Third Coalition]], in which Austria, Britain, Russia, and Sweden took on Napoleon. The Austrian forces began the war by invading [[Bavaria]], a key French ally in Germany, but were soon outmaneuvered and forced to surrender by Napoleon at [[Battle of Ulm|Ulm]], before the main Austro-Russian force was defeated at [[Battle of Austerlitz|Austerlitz]] on 2 December. Napoleon entered Vienna itself, as much a celebrity as conqueror. By the [[Treaty of Pressburg (1805)|Treaty of Pressburg]], Austria was forced to give up large amounts of territory—[[Dalmatia]] to France, [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]] to Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy, the [[German Tyrol|Tyrol]] to Bavaria, and Austria's various Swabian territories to [[Baden Germany|Baden]] and [[Württemberg]], although [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]], formerly held by Francis's younger brother, the previous Grand Duke of Tuscany, was annexed by Austria as compensation.

The defeat meant the end of the old Holy Roman Empire. Napoleon's satellite states in southern and Western Germany seceded from the Empire in the summer of 1806, forming the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], and a few days later Francis proclaimed the Empire dissolved, and renounced the old imperial crown on 6 August 1806.