Grand Duchy of Frankfurt

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Großherzogtum Frankfurt (de)
Grand-duché de Francfort (fr)<
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
Client of the First French Empire
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Location of Frankfurt
Frankfurt (red) within the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital Francfort
Government Principality
Protector Napoleon I
Grand Duke
 - 1810–1813 Karl Theodor von Dalberg
 - 1813 Eugene de Beauharnais
Historical era Napoleonic Wars
 - Established 16 February, 1810
 - Disestablished December, 1813
Area
 - 1810 5,173 km² (1,997 sq mi)
Population
 - 1810 est. 302,100 
     Density 58.4 /km²  (151.3 /sq mi)

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 Archbishops of Mainz along with the Imperial city of Frankfurt itself. The former Arch-chancellor, Karl Theodor von Dalberg, became Grand Duke, although the territory was actually ruled by French commissioners. By the constitution of the Grand Duchy, upon the Arch-chancellor's death, the Grand Duchy would be inherited by Napoleon's stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais.

The Arch-chancellor 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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