Grand Duchy of Berg
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Grand Duchy of Berg | |||||||||||||||
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1806–1813 | |||||||||||||||
Louis I | |||||||||||||||
Historical era | Abolition of the Confederation of the Rhine | 1 December 1813 | |||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
1811 | 17,300 km2 (6,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• | 880,000 | ||||||||||||||
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The Grand Duchy of Berg (German: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories between the French Empire at the Rhine river and the German Kingdom of Westphalia.
History
The French annexation of the
In 1806, in the reorganization of Germany occasioned by the dissolution of the
Murat eventually left the grand duchy in 1808 to take up his new title as
The state was in constant economic decline ever since its formation, this is in large part due to Napoleon's failed Continental System which led to a series of revolts and uprisings. The grand duchy's short existence came to an end when the French forces pulled back in the course of the German campaign of 1813. The territory was then administered by Prussia, which officially incorporated the former grand duchy according to the Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna. Berg became part of the Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and the eastern territories of Münster and Mark were merged into the Province of Westphalia. Today, the territory is part of modern Germany.
Coats of arms
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Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1806–1808)
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Seal of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1807)
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Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1809–1813)
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References
- ^ Clercq, Alexandre de (1864). Recueil des traites de la France (in French). Amyot.
- Otto von Pivka, Michael P. Roffe, Napoleon's German Allies: Westfalia and Kleve-Berg, p. 3; Google Books
External links
- Media related to Duchy of Berg at Wikimedia Commons