Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)
The Free City of Danzig (French: Ville libre de Dantzig; German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk), sometimes referred to as the Republic of Danzig (French: République de Dantzig; German: Republik Danzig), was a semi-independent city-state established by Napoleon on 9 September 1807, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars following the capture of the city in the siege of Danzig in May. After the Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815, Danzig was re-incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia.
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The Free City of Danzig in 1812 | |||||||||
| Status | Client state of the French Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Danzig | ||||||||
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| Government | Constitutional republic | ||||||||
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• 1807–1814 | Jean Rapp | ||||||||
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• 1807–1808 | Carl von Gralath | ||||||||
• 1808–1810 | Gottlieb Hufeland | ||||||||
• 1812–1814 | Johann Wernsdorff | ||||||||
• 1814 | Joachim von Weickhmann | ||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Established | 9 September 1807 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 January 1814 | ||||||||
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