Kingdom of Württemberg

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The Kingdom of Württemberg (German: Königreich Württemberg [ˌkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk]) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, occupying territory in what is now the southern German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom emerged during the period of territorial reorganisation that followed the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, when the Electorate of Württemberg was elevated to royal status as part of Napoleon’s restructuring of the German lands. The Kingdom of Württemberg was the legal and political successor to the Electorate of Württemberg, which itself had been created in 1803 during the process of German mediatization (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss), when numerous ecclesiastical territories and free imperial cities were secularised and incorporated into larger territorial states. Duke Frederick II of Württemberg was raised to the dignity of Elector (Kurfürst) in 1803, substantially enlarging his territory through the annexation of former imperial cities...

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