Duchy of Warsaw

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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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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

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Napoleonic Wars mainBelligerent Duchy of Warsaw
First French Empire alliedWith Duchy of Warsaw
War of the Fifth Coalition belligerent Duchy of Warsaw
Congress Poland precededBy Duchy of Warsaw
Système continental enforcedIn Duchy of Warsaw
Patriotic War of 1812 belligerent Duchy of Warsaw
Maria Walewska associatedWith Duchy of Warsaw
Kingdom of Poland successor Duchy of Warsaw
Province of Posen precededBy Duchy of Warsaw
Treaty of Schönbrunn cededTerritoryTo Duchy of Warsaw
Treaty of Schönbrunn strengthened Duchy of Warsaw
Order of St. Stanislaus usedBy Duchy of Warsaw
Battle of Pultusk countryAtTime Duchy of Warsaw
subject surface form: Battle of Pułtusk
this entity surface form: Duchy of Warsaw (later area)
Frédéric Chopin countryOfBirth Duchy of Warsaw
Free City of Kraków predecessor Duchy of Warsaw
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony monarchOf Duchy of Warsaw
Grand Duchy of Posen follows Duchy of Warsaw
this entity surface form: Duchy of Warsaw (in part)
Congress Kingdom predecessor Duchy of Warsaw
Congress Kingdom predecessor Duchy of Warsaw
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw
Fragmentation of Poland hasPart Duchy of Warsaw
Albertine branch of the House of Wettin territory Duchy of Warsaw
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Warsaw
Prince Józef Poniatowski allegiance Duchy of Warsaw
Ignacy Prądzyński allegiance Duchy of Warsaw
Maria Łączyńska associatedWith Duchy of Warsaw