leon’s relationship with themwas eventually wery like that of a ‘warrior-overlord’, extracting the advantage from them for the minimum return. These states raised about a third of the troops for the Grand Armee. The distribution of crowns among Napoleons relatives served two purposes for him. One of the two was that they would remain loyal to him no matter what. Also, with such a large number of Bonaparte sovereigns available he could expect in due course to arrange useful marriage alliances with older royal houses and give his successors the dynastic respectability the family presently lacked. The third group of countries that I have not previously mentioned were Napoleons allies. These allies (Russia, Prussia and Austria) were allied to France mainly because Bonaparte knew it would of been a great struggle to defeat them in battle. These allies were obviously not in French rule and were totally independent. To conclude on what i’ve said and to answer the question I personaly belive that Napoleon was a ‘warrior-overlord’ because of his actions in the annexed and satellite territories. The warrior qualities come into play in the taking over of the countries. While the overloard comes in with the general running of the coutries. However we need to decide whether the warrior overlord image was a bad one or was it just a man who wanted the best for his country and the people within it? ...
