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State
The
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
was a German
satellite state
of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former territories of the
Archbishopric of Mainz
along with the
Free City of Frankfurt
itself.
History
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Frankfurt lost its status as a
free imperial city
in 1806 with the dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire
. The city was granted to the former archbishop of Mainz,
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
, and became the
Principality of Frankfurt
. When Dalberg was forced by Napoleon to relinquish his
Principality of Regensburg
to the
Kingdom of Bavaria
in 1810, his remaining territories of
Aschaffenburg
,
Wetzlar
,
Fulda
,
Hanau
, and Frankfurt were combined into the new Grand Duchy of Frankfurt.
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Although the grand duchy was named after Frankfurt, the city was administered by French commissioners while Dalberg resided in the city of
Aschaffenburg
. According to the constitution of the grand duchy, upon Dalberg's death, the state would be inherited by
Napoleon
's stepson,
Eugene de Beauharnais
.
Dalberg abdicated in favour of Eugene on 26 October 1813, following Napoleon's defeat at the
Battle of Leipzig
. The grand duchy ceased to exist after December 1813, when the city was occupied by allied troops. While Frankfurt itself once again became a free city, most of the territory of the grand duchy was ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Bavaria.
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