Grand Duchy of Frankfurt

Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
Großherzogtum Frankfurt (German)
Grand-duché de Francfort (French)
1810–1813
Flag of Frankfurt
Flag
Coat of arms of Frankfurt
Coat of arms
The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt (green) in 1812
The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt (green) in 1812
StatusClient state of the French Empire
CapitalAschaffenburg
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
Grand Duke 
• 1810–1813
Karl von Dalberg
• 1813
Eugène de Beauharnais
Historical eraNapoleonic Wars
• Established
16 February 1810
• Disestablished
December 1813
Area
• Total
5,160 km2 (1,990 sq mi)
Population
• 
302,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Free City of Frankfurt
Principality of Aschaffenburg
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
Hesse-Hanau
Wetzlar
Free City of Frankfurt
Kingdom of Bavaria
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Electorate of Hesse
Kingdom of Prussia
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former territories of the Archbishopric of Mainz along with the Free City of Frankfurt itself.