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Grand Duchy of Berg | |||||||||||||||
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1806–1813 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Member state of the Confederation of the Rhine | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | German, French | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Protestant, Catholic | ||||||||||||||
Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||||
Grand Duke | |||||||||||||||
• 1806–1808 | Joachim I | ||||||||||||||
• 1808–1809 | Napoleon I | ||||||||||||||
• 1809–1813 | Louis I | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 15 March 1806 | ||||||||||||||
1 December 1813 | |||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
1811 | 17,300 km2 (6,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• | 880,000 | ||||||||||||||
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The Grand Duchy of Berg (German: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories between the French Empire at the Rhine river and the German Kingdom of Westphalia.