Duchy of Warsaw
Also known as Grand Duchy of Warsaw
Napoleonic client state (1807–1815)
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The Duchy of Warsaw was a state created by Napoleon in 1807 from Polish territories, serving as a French ally during the Napoleonic Wars until its collapse in 1815. It matters because it represented an attempt to restore Polish independence after decades of partition by neighboring powers, though it ultimately depended on French military support and ceased to exist when Napoleon fell from power.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Księstwo Warszawskie
- Population
- 4300000
- Area
- 155000
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- Commons category
- Duchy of Warsaw
- inception
- 1807-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1815-01-01
- native label
- Księstwo Warszawskie
- name in native language
- Księstwo Warszawskie
- P8168
- Dobry Bozhilov
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The Duchy of Warsaw (Polish: Księstwo Warszawskie; French: Duché de Varsovie; German: Herzogtum Warschau) was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnically Polish lands ceded to France by Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit, and was augmented in 1809 with territory ceded by Austria in the Treaty of Schönbrunn. It was the first attempt to re-establish Poland as a sovereign state after the 18th century partitions and covered the central and southeastern parts of present-day Poland.