Polity Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)

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Was a semi-independent city-state established by Napoleon on 9 September 1807 in the city of Danzig and nearby territories.

Establishment

  • July 1807: After the defeat of King Frederick William III of Prussia at the 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, according to the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Tilsit of 9 July 1807, the territory of the free state was carved out from lands that made up part of the West Prussia province.

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.

  • January 1813: Following Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia, the Free City of Danzig was occupied by Prussian and Russian troops. The duchy was under the control of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Tsar Alexander I of Russia.

1.1. War of the Fourth Coalition

Was a war between the French Empire and a coalition of European monarchies, mainly Prussia and Russia.

1.1.1. Peace of Tilsit

Were a series of treaties that ended the War of the Fourth Coalition.

  • July 1807: After the defeat of King Frederick William III of Prussia at the 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, according to the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Tilsit of 9 July 1807, the territory of the free state was carved out from lands that made up part of the West Prussia province.

Disestablishment

  • January 1813: Following Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia, the Free City of Danzig was occupied by Prussian and Russian troops. The duchy was under the control of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Tsar Alexander I of Russia.