German state (1805–1814)
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg (German : Großherzogtum Würzburg ) was a German grand duchy centered on Würzburg existing in the early 19th century.
History
As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville , the Bishopric of Würzburg was secularized in 1803 and granted to the Electorate of Bavaria . In the same year Ferdinand III , former Grand Duke of Tuscany , was compensated with the Electorate of Salzburg . In the Peace of Pressburg on 26 December 1805, Ferdinand lost Salzburg to the Austrian Empire but was compensated with the Würzburg territory, Bavaria having relinquished it in return for Tyrol .
Ferdinand's state was briefly known as the Electorate of Würzburg (Kurfürstentum Würzburg ), but it was elevated to the status of a Grand Duchy after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire on 6 August 1806. It joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 30 September 1806. In 1810 it acquired Schweinfurt .
After Napoleon 's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig , Ferdinand dissolved his alliance with the First French Empire on 26 October 1813. Through an Austrian-Bavarian treaty of 3 June 1814, Ferdinand lost his possessions to the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy was dissolved. Ferdinand was restored to a reconstituted Grand Duchy of Tuscany by the Congress of Vienna . The Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg was reestablished in 1821 without temporal power .
References
Köbler, Gerhard (1988). Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder (in German). Munich : Verlag C. H. Beck. p. 639. ISBN 3-406-33290-0
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