Duchy of Warsaw

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Napoleonic client state Polish state client state historical state

The Duchy of Warsaw was a French client state created by Napoleon in 1807 as a semi-independent Polish state, serving as a key ally and military partner of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic client state ⓘ
Polish state ⓘ
client state ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
alliedWith First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: French Empire

Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I
capital Warsaw ⓘ
coatOfArms Polish white eagle with Saxon elements ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1807 constitution ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
createdBy First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: French Empire

Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I
currency Polish złoty ⓘ
dissolved 1815 ⓘ
dissolvedByTreaty Congress of Vienna ⓘ
established 1807 ⓘ
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ
flagUsed horizontal bicolor white over red ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Duke ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Poland ⓘ
Kuyavia ⓘ
Lesser Poland ⓘ
Mazovia ⓘ
surface form: Masovia
influenced later Polish independence movements ⓘ
introducedReform abolition of serfdom (partially) ⓘ
modern civil law code ⓘ
legacy symbol of Polish national revival ⓘ
legalSystem Napoleonic Code ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
militaryRole key ally of France ⓘ
officialLanguage Polish ⓘ
participatedIn French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic era ⓘ
surface form: Napoleonic system
peakTerritorialExtentYear 1810 ⓘ
personalUnionWith Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
predecessor Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
successor Congress Poland ⓘ
Free City of Kraków ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Posen ⓘ
territoryExpandedBy Treaty of Schönbrunn ⓘ
territoryTakenFrom Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First French Empire → alliedWith → Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
War of the Fifth Coalition → belligerent → Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
Système continental → enforcedIn → Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → mainBelligerent → Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
Congress Poland → precededBy → Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ