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Free City of Danzig
1807–1814
Created by the Treaty of Tilsit (formal creation 9 September 1807; infobox date 21 July 1807) after Danzig capitulated to the French in the siege of May 1807, as a semi-independent constitutional republic under the joint protection/guarantee of Prussia and the Kingdom of Saxony (Frederick Augustus I). Capital: Danzig; population ~64,000; area ~478 km².
- Existed
- 1807–1814
- Shown on the map
- 1809–1811, 1919–1939 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 5k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Created by the Treaty of Tilsit (formal creation 9 September 1807; infobox date 21 July 1807) after Danzig capitulated to the French in the siege of May 1807, as a semi-independent constitutional republic under the joint protection/guarantee of Prussia and the Kingdom of Saxony (Frederick Augustus I). Capital: Danzig; population ~64,000; area ~478 km². The de facto ruler was the French governor General Jean Rapp (1807–1814); Marshal Lefebvre, who had taken the city, received the honorific "Duc de Dantzig." Besieged by Russo-Prussian forces (16 January – late 1813), Rapp's roughly 40,000-strong garrison capitulated and finally withdrew by 2 January 1814; Danzig reverted to Prussia (West Prussia).
Common questions
- What was Free City of Danzig?
- Created by the Treaty of Tilsit (formal creation 9 September 1807; infobox date 21 July 1807) after Danzig capitulated to the French in the siege of May 1807, as a semi-independent constitutional republic under the joint protection/guarantee of Prussia and the Kingdom of Saxony (Frederick Augustus I). Capital: Danzig; population ~64,000; area ~478 km².
- When did Free City of Danzig exist?
- Free City of Danzig existed 1807–1814. On this map it is drawn 1809–1811, 1919–1939.
- How large was Free City of Danzig?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Free City of Danzig covered about 5,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, napoleon.org (Fondation Napoléon), the Deutsches Historisches Museum, and academic studies (H-France Review, the *Napoleonica* journal) on the Revolution's and Napoleon's contested death tolls and legacy. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Free City of Danzig en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig
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