Kingdom of Etruria Regno di Etruria (Italian) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1801–1807 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Client state of the French Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Florence | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Christian (Roman Catholic) | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||||
• 1801–1803 | Louis I | ||||||||||||||
• 1803–1807 | Louis II | ||||||||||||||
| Regent | |||||||||||||||
• 1803–1807 | Maria Luisa | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||||||
| March 21, 1801 | |||||||||||||||
| December 10, 1807 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency | Tuscan pound | ||||||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Etruria (/ɪˈtrʊəriə/ ih-TROOR-ee-ə; Italian: Regno di Etruria) was an Italian kingdom between 1801 and 1807 that made up a large part of modern Tuscany. It took its name from Etruria, the old Roman name for the land of the Etruscans.[1]
- ^ Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe, Penguin, 2012, chapter 10, "Etruria: French Snake in the Tuscan Grass (1801–1814)".