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Name: Princely County of Scheer

Type: Polity

Start: 1786 AD

End: 1806 AD

Nation: scheer

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Was a lordship, and later a county and a princely county, of the Holy Roman Empire located in Baden-Württemberg.

Establishment


  • January 1786: Scheer is elevated to a princely county.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

  • January 1807: In 1806, due to the Rhine Confederation Act, Scheer came to the Kingdom of Württemberg and was assigned to the Oberamt Saulgau.

  • 1.1.War of the Second Coalition

    Was the second war that saw revolutionary France against most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples, and various German monarchies. Prussia did not join this coalition, and Spain supported France.

    1.1.1.German Front (War of the Second Coalition)

    Was the German theatre of the War of the Fifth Coalition.

  • March 1799: On 1 March 1799, the French Army of Observation, in an order of battle of approximately 30,000 men in four divisions, crossed the Rhine at Kehl and Basel.
  • March 1799: At the intensely fought Battle of Ostrach, 21-22 March 1799, French suffered significant losses and were forced to retreat from the region, taking up new positions to the west at Messkirch.
  • May 1800: French forces movement to fight at nearby Biberach an der Ris.

  • 1.1.2.Treaty of Lunéville

    Was a treaty between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Empire that formally ended the partecipation of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire in the War of the Second Coalition.

  • February 1801: The Treaty of Lunéville was signed in the Treaty House of Lunéville between the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Certain Austrian holdings within the borders of the Holy Roman Empire were relinquished, and French control was extended to the left bank of the Rhine, "in complete sovereignty" but France renounced any claim to territories east of the Rhine. Contested boundaries in Italy were set. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was awarded to the French.

  • 1.2.War of the Third Coalition

    Was a European conflict spanning the years 1805 to 1806. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I opposed an alliance, the Third Coalition, made up of the United Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Naples, Sicily, and Sweden. Prussia remained neutral during the war.

    1.2.1.Ulm Campaign

    Was a series of French and Bavarian military maneuvers and battles to outflank and capture an Austrian army in 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition. It took place in the vicinity of and inside the city of Ulm.

  • October 1805: The French army crossed the Danube at Donauwörth.

  • 1.2.2.Peace of Pressburg

    Was the treaty that ended the War of the Third Coalition.

  • December 1805: French evacuation of occupied territories after the Peace of Pressburg.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1807: In 1806, due to the Rhine Confederation Act, Scheer came to the Kingdom of Württemberg and was assigned to the Oberamt Saulgau.
  • Selected Sources


  • Gagliardo, J. (1980): Reich and Nation: The Holy Roman Empire as Idea and Reality, 1763–1806, Bloomington (USA), p. 192
  • Oberfinanzrath von Memmingen (1837): Beschreibung des Oberamts Biberach, Stuttgart and Tübingen (Germany), p. 95
  • Phillipson, C. (2008): Termination of War and Treaties of Peace, Clark (USA), p. 273
  • Poole, R.L. (1902): Historical Atlas of Modern Europe, Oxford (United Kingdom), Plate XI
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