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Alexander I, Emperor of Russia and Napoleon I (Bonaparte) of France at Tilsit, 1807 (c1880). On 25 June 1807, Napoleon and Alexander met on a raft in the middle of the river Neman in Russia to conclude the Treaty of Tilsit. The treaty marked the end of the War of the Fourth Coalition in which Prussia, Saxony and Russia fought unsuccessfully against France. The Germans were decisively defeated at the Battles of Jena and Auerstadt, while Napoleon routed the Russians at Friedland.