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Kingdom of Württemberg
1806–1918
Württemberg was raised from duchy (electorate 1803) to kingdom on 1 January 1806 under Frederick I (Friedrich I), an ally of Napoleon and member of the Confederation of the Rhine; his daughter Catharina married Jérôme Bonaparte. Capital: Stuttgart.
- Existed
- 1806–1918
- Shown on the map
- 1806–1870
- Peak area
- 17k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Württemberg was raised from duchy (electorate 1803) to kingdom on 1 January 1806 under Frederick I (Friedrich I), an ally of Napoleon and member of the Confederation of the Rhine; his daughter Catharina married Jérôme Bonaparte. Capital: Stuttgart. Frederick roughly doubled his territory through mediatization of imperial estates and cities. Reforms introduced centralized administration; a prolonged constitutional struggle followed (resolved by the 1819 constitution). Württemberg switched to the Allies in late 1813 and retained its kingdom and most gains at Vienna. It survived to 1918.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Württemberg?
- Württemberg was raised from duchy (electorate 1803) to kingdom on 1 January 1806 under Frederick I (Friedrich I), an ally of Napoleon and member of the Confederation of the Rhine; his daughter Catharina married Jérôme Bonaparte. Capital: Stuttgart.
- When did the Kingdom of Württemberg exist?
- The Kingdom of Württemberg existed 1806–1918. On this map it is drawn 1806–1870.
- How large was the Kingdom of Württemberg?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Württemberg covered about 17,000 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 — Kingdom of Württemberg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg
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