Kingdom of Westphalia
Also known as Westphalian Kingdom
former country during Napoleon era (1807-1813)
Key facts
- 1809
- 37,883 km (14,627 sq mi)
- 1810
- 63,652 km (24,576 sq mi)
- 1812
- 45,427 km (17,539 sq mi)
- Status
- Client state of the French Empire
- Capital
- Cassel
- Common languages
- German French (administrative)
- Religion
- Catholicism Lutheranism Calvinism Judaism (minority)
- Government
- Constitutional monarchy
- 1807 1813
- Jerome Napoleon I
- Legislature
- Imperial Estate
- Historical era
- Napoleonic era
- Treaty of tilsit
- 7 July 1807
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Today part ofGermany
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. It was named after Westphalia, but this was a misnomer since the kingdom had little territory in common with that area. The region mostly covered territory formerly known as Eastphalia.
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