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Grand Duchy of Baden
drawn on the map 1806–1848, 1853–1870
A southwestern margraviate long divided into Baden-Baden (Catholic) and Baden-Durlach (Protestant) lines, reunited in 1771. Under Margrave Charles Frederick, Baden expanded enormously through Napoleon's favor, becoming an electorate (1803) and then the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806).
- Shown on the map
- 1806–1848, 1853–1870 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 14k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A southwestern margraviate long divided into Baden-Baden (Catholic) and Baden-Durlach (Protestant) lines, reunited in 1771. Under Margrave Charles Frederick, Baden expanded enormously through Napoleon's favor, becoming an electorate (1803) and then the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806). Karlsruhe was its planned Baroque capital.
Common questions
- What was the Grand Duchy of Baden?
- A southwestern margraviate long divided into Baden-Baden (Catholic) and Baden-Durlach (Protestant) lines, reunited in 1771. Under Margrave Charles Frederick, Baden expanded enormously through Napoleon's favor, becoming an electorate (1803) and then the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806).
- When is the Grand Duchy of Baden shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Grand Duchy of Baden 1806–1848, 1853–1870, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Grand Duchy of Baden?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Grand Duchy of Baden covered about 14,000 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 territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Grand Duchy of Baden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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