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Name: Duchy of Luxembourg (Netherlands)

Type: Polity

Start: 1815 AD

End: 1839 AD

Nation: luxembourg

Parent: netherlands

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With the Congress of Vienna of 1815 the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was established, which was held in a personal union with the Netherlands by King William I. Unlike the Netherlands it became a member of the German Confederation. In 1839, following the turmoil of the Belgian Revolution, the purely French-speaking part of Luxembourg was ceded to Belgium and the Luxembourgish-speaking part (except the Arelerland, the area around Arlon) became what is the present state of Luxembourg. Luxembourg became independent but remained in personal union with the Netherlands until 1890.

Establishment


  • June 1815: Luxembourg existed as an independent Grand Duchy from 1815 and was therefore not part of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands. However, from 1815 to 1890 it was ruled by the Dutch king, who was also the Grand Duke of the sovereign Luxembourg.
  • Chronology


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    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.

    1.1.Congress of Vienna

    Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.


    2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • April 1839: The western part of Luxembourg left the federation in 1839 after unification with Belgium.

  • April 1839: By the Treaty of London in 1839, the status of the grand duchy became fully sovereign and in personal union to the king of the Netherlands.

  • Disestablishment


  • April 1839: The western part of Luxembourg left the federation in 1839 after unification with Belgium.
  • April 1839: By the Treaty of London in 1839, the status of the grand duchy became fully sovereign and in personal union to the king of the Netherlands.
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