Duchy of Nassau

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Was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the German Confederation. It was annexed into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War.

Establishment

August 1806: The Duchy of Nassau, named for its historical core city, Nassau, was founded in 1806.

August 1806: Established.

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.

January 1807: Solms is divided between the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) and Nassau.

January 1808: In 1807, the territory of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was transferred to the Duchy of Nassau.

January 1808: Former territories of Nassau were added to the Kingdom of Westphalia.

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.

June 1815: With the Congress of Vienna, the Duchy of Nassau received: from Mainz, Höchst, Königstein, Cronberg, Lahnstein and the Rheingau; from Cologne some districts on the east bank of the Rhine; from Bavaria, the sub-district of Kaub; from Hesse-Darmstadt, the lordship of Eppstein, Katzenelnbogen, and Braubach; from Prussia, Sayn-Altenkirchen, Sayn-Hachenburg; and several cloisters were received from Mainz.

June 1815: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Germany during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.

2. German Unification Wars

Were a series of wars that resulted in the creation of the German Empire under Prussian leadership in 1871.

2.1.Austro-Prussian War

Was a war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire over the dominance of the German states. The war resulted in a Prussian victory. The German confederation was abolished and in 1871 Prussia united all the German states but Austria in the German Empire.

2.1.1.Peace Treaties (Austro-Prussian War)

Were a series of treaties that ended the Austro-Prussian War. Prussia annexed the Austro-Prussian condominium of Schleswig and Holstein and several other territories. The German Confederation was dissolved, and a Prussian domained Northern German Confederation, that excluded the southern German states, was created.

September 1866: Annexation of Nassau by Prussian law.