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Kingdom of Etruria
1801–1807
A Napoleonic client kingdom in Tuscany, created by the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801) as compensation to the House of Bourbon-Parma for ceding Parma to France. Its kings were Louis I (Ludovico) and, under the regency of Maria Luisa, the child Charles Louis (Louis II).
- Existed
- 1801–1807
- Shown on the map
- 1803–1806
- Peak area
- 23k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A Napoleonic client kingdom in Tuscany, created by the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801) as compensation to the House of Bourbon-Parma for ceding Parma to France. Its kings were Louis I (Ludovico) and, under the regency of Maria Luisa, the child Charles Louis (Louis II). Napoleon abolished it in 1807, annexing Tuscany to France; the Bourbon-Parma were later compensated with the Duchy of Lucca.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Etruria?
- A Napoleonic client kingdom in Tuscany, created by the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801) as compensation to the House of Bourbon-Parma for ceding Parma to France. Its kings were Louis I (Ludovico) and, under the regency of Maria Luisa, the child Charles Louis (Louis II).
- When did the Kingdom of Etruria exist?
- The Kingdom of Etruria existed 1801–1807. On this map it is drawn 1803–1806.
- How large was the Kingdom of Etruria?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Etruria covered about 23,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Kingdom of Etruria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Etruria
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