Polity Duchy of Lucca

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Lucca was restored to separate state status as the Duchy of Lucca after the fall of Napoleon.

Establishment

  • June 1815: According to the Congress of Vienna, Lucca maintains its indipendence from Tuscany as a Duchy.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1. Congress of Vienna

Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.

  • June 1815: According to the Congress of Vienna, Lucca maintains its indipendence from Tuscany as a Duchy.

2. Treaty of Florence (1844)

Was a treaty between the Grans Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza where the borders between these countries were simplified though the exchange of several exclaves/enclaves in their territories.

  • November 1847: The Treaty of Florence of 28 November 1844 was a secret agreement stipulated between the governments of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Modena and Reggio and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. The purpose of the treaty was to implement some provisions and territorial compensations foreseen by the Congress of Vienna of 1815 and to rationalize the borders between the three states in the area of ​​Lunigiana and Garfagnana, where there were still twisted borders and various enclaves.
  • January 1848: Carlo Lodovico I of Borbone cedes its Duchy to the Granduchy of Tuscany: the successive spartion of the territories composing the Duchy of Lucca makes Tuscany cede to the Duchy of Modena-Reggio the territories of Montignoso, Gallicano, Minucciano, Castiglione di Garfagnana and the area of Lunigiana, while the Duchy of Parma-Piacenza obtains Pontremoli.

Disestablishment

  • January 1848: Carlo Lodovico I of Borbone cedes its Duchy to the Granduchy of Tuscany: the successive spartion of the territories composing the Duchy of Lucca makes Tuscany cede to the Duchy of Modena-Reggio the territories of Montignoso, Gallicano, Minucciano, Castiglione di Garfagnana and the area of Lunigiana, while the Duchy of Parma-Piacenza obtains Pontremoli.