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	The Kingdom of Westphalia
		The new Kingdom was composed of parts of Hannover, Brunswick, Saxony and most of Hesse-Kassel.
		The garde-du-corps squadron, the grenadier-garde, jäger-garde, chevau-legers-garde, the jäger-carabinier and 3rd light battalions, the 1st chevau-legers and the 1st and 2nd cuirassiers were all in Westphalia and disbanded when the end of the Kingdom came in September 1813.
		During the period 1808 - 1813 five different patterns of flag were issued to the line and garde infantry regiments (the light battalions apparently were not issued flags) and four different patterns of standard were issued to the line and garde cavalry regiments.
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	Westphalia - LoveToKnow 1911
		Westfalen), a province of the kingdom of Prussia.
		Thus the former duchy of Westphalia and the bishoprics of Munster and Paderborn which remained in ecclesiastical hands are almost entirely Roman Catholic, while the secularized bishopric of Minden and the former counties of Ravensberg and Mark, which fell or had fallen to Brandenburg, and the Siegen district, which belonged to Nassau, are predominantly Protestant.
		Westphalia, "the western plain" (in early records Westfalahi), was originally the name of the western province of the early duchy of Saxony, including the western portion of the modern province and extending north to the borders of Friesland.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Westphalia (1513 words)

	Kingdom of Westphalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807-1813 in parts of present-day Germany.
		The Kingdom of Westphalia was created in 1807 by merging territories ceded by Prussia in the Peace of Tilsit, among them the former Electorate of Hanover, with the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the Electorate of Hesse.
		Its capital was Cassel, and the King kept court at the palace of Wilhelmshöhe, re-named Napoleonshöhe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingdom_of_Westphalia (295 words)

	Westphalia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Ruhr district is connected with the Ems River by the Dortmund-Ems Canal and with the Elbe River by the Midland Canal.
		Westphalia first appears as the name of the western third of the duchy of Saxony in the 10th cent.
		The southern section was constituted as the kingdom of Westphalia, with Napoleon’s brother Jérôme Bonaparte (see Bonaparte, family) as king and with Kassel as the capital.
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	Westphalia
		Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north of the Ruhr river.
		Originally Westphalia was a part of the duchy of Saxony, until it was elevated to the rank of a duchy by emperor Barbarossa in 1180.
		Westphalia is known for the 1648 Peace of Westphalia (in fact the two treaties of Münster and Osnabrück), which ended the Thirty Years' War.
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	Westphalia
		Westphalia, as has already been said, was only a part of Saxony, and in about the year 900 Saxony was made a duchy, after Ludolf, the ancestor of the ducal house, had been made a margrave in 850 during the reign of Louis the German.
		In 1648 Brandenburg-Prussia received by the Treaty of Westphalia the Diocese of Minden, in 1702 the Countship of Lingen by inheritance from the line of Orange, and in 1707 the Countship of Tecklenburg by purchase.
		The eastern section of Westphalia was made, in conjunction with territories taken from Prussia, Hesse, Hanover, and Brunswick, into the Kingdom of Westphalia, the name of which was a misnomer, as the larger part of the new kingdom was composed of lands that were not Westphalian.
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	Province of Westphalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Westphalia (Westfalen in German) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1813 until 1946.
		Between 1807 and 1813 there was a Kingdom of Westphalia, founded by Napoleon and was a French client state.
		In 1813 Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Westphalia (155 words)

	Notgeld - Westfalen (Westphalia)- German historical Banknotes
		Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
		Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north of the Ruhr River.
		Originally Westphalia was a part of the Duchy of Saxony, until it was elevated to the rank of a duchy by Emperor Barbarossa in 1180.
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	Kingdom of Westphalia Information
		The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807-1813 in parts of present-day Germany.
		The Kingdom of Westphalia was created in 1807 by merging territories ceded by Prussia in the Peace of Tilsit, among them the former Electorate of Hanover, with the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the Electorate of Hesse.
		A significant burden on the kingdom was the requirement to supply troops and financial support for the Napoleonic wars.
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	Minden - LoveToKnow 1911
		MINDEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, 44 m.
		From 1807 to 1814 Minden was included in the kingdom of Westphalia, and in the latter year it passed to Prussia.
		In 1816 the fortifications, which had been razed by Frederick the Great after the Seven Years' War, were restored and strengthened, and as a fortress of the second rank it remained the chief military place of Westphalia down to 1873, when the works were finally demolished.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Minden (451 words)

	Westphalia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The archbishops of Cologne received Westphalia as a duchy in 1180, but the duchy was in fact confined mainly to the area just north of Cologne.
		The Kingdom of Westphalia, which he created for his brother Jérôme, was made up largely of Prussian and Hanoverian possessions between the Weser and the Elbe rivers and the greater part of electoral Hesse; its capital was Kassel.
		In 1946 the province of Westphalia, together with Lippe, was incorporated in the Land of North Rhine–Westphalia (q.v.).
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Westphalia/Westphalia.html (436 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Westphalia
		It was the scene of the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
		On the death (1806) of his father, Charles William Ferdinand, his duchy was seized by Napoleon I and added to the kingdom of Westphalia.
		Uber attic: an attic in Westphalia has been transformed by judicious remodelling into a fashionable loft with spaces defined by strong forms and simple materials.
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	Napoleonic Titles and Heraldry
		Jérôme, brother of the Emperor, was recognized as king of of the yet-to-be-defined kingdom of Westphalia by Prussia and Russia at Tilsit on 7 July 1807.
		The principality of Piombino was ceded by the kingdom of Naples to France by the treaty of Florence of 21 March 1801.
		Talleyrand was granted the principality, a former papal enclave in the kingdom of Naples, by decree of 5 June 1806.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/napoleon.htm (6120 words)

	Napoleon I - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In 1806 he seized the kingdom of Naples and made his elder brother Joseph Bonaparte king, converted the Dutch Republic into the kingdom of Holland for his brother Louis, and established the Confederation of the Rhine (most of the German states) of which he was protector.
		He also added new states to the empire: the kingdom of Westphalia, under his brother Jérôme, the duchy of Warsaw, and others.
		By thus linking his dynasty with the oldest ruling house in Europe, he hoped that his son, who was born in 1811, would be more readily accepted by established monarchs.
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	WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westf... - Online Information article about WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westf...
		Napoleonic kingdom of the same name, neither of which was conterminous with the See also:
		foundations of her dominion in Westphalia by obtaining the counties of Mark and Ravensberg in 1614 (confirmed 1666), to which the bishopric of Minden was added by the peace of Westphalia in 1648 and Tecklenburg in 1707.
		share of Westphalia to Prussia, and the present province was constituted.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WAT_WIL/WESTPHALIA_Ger_Westfalen_.html (2412 words)

	Hesse-Kassel
		The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 granted Landgrave Wilhelm IX the position of an Imperial Elector (Kurfürst) and took the title Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse, although the state was still usually referred to as Hesse-Kassel.
		In 1806, Wilhelm I was dispossessed by Napoleon for his support of Prussia, and Kassel became the capital of a new Kingdom of Westphalia[?] under Napoleon's brother Jerome.
		The Elector was restored as a result of Napoleon's defeat in 1813, and although the Holy Roman Empire was now defunct, Wilhelm clung to his title of Elector, hoping it would give him pre-eminence over his cousin, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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	Westphalia: definition, usage and pronunciation - YourDictionary.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The duchy was created in the 12th century and was administered for many centuries by ecclesiastical princes, especially the archbishop of Cologne.
		The Peace of Westphalia (1648) marked the end of the Thirty Years' War.
		Napoleon seized the area in 1807 and designated a portion of it as the kingdom of Westphalia, to be ruled by his brother Jérôme. The region became part of Prussia after 1815.
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	Westphalia - Encyclopedia.com
		Settled by Saxons called Westphalians 700, Westphalia was created a duchy (1180), which for several centuries was administered for the archbishop of Cologne.
		In 1807 Napoleon created for his brother, Jérôme Bonaparte, the kingdom of Westphalia; its capital was Kassel.
		Reorganized by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it became a province of Prussia in 1816, with its capital at Münster.
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	PageH.html
		Was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1810 to 1813 when it was liberated and became "a kingdom enlarged by merger " with: Osnabrueck, Emsland, Ostfriesland, Hildesheim, Goslar and Unterriechfeld.
		In 1815 Westphalia was exchanged with Prussia for the principality of Isenberg-Birstein (Offenbach), Worms, Alzey and Bingen.
		It was represented in the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia.
	www.remmick.org /Remmick.German.Facts/PageH.html (2266 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1807-1813
		Napoleon created the KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA by merging a number of hitherto independent territories (the Duchies of Braunschweig and Anhalt, the County of Hessen-Kassel) with former Prussian territories.
		In 1810, the Kingdom of Westphalia covered an area of 1.143 square miles, had 2,612,000 inhabitants and an armed force of 25,000 men.
		The kingdom had Estates, which consisted of 70 representatives of landowners, 15 of factory owners and merchants, 15 of scholars and of persons of merit.
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		Cereals, potatoes, and beets are grown throughout Westphalia.
		Further changes came with the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and the kingdom of Westphalia in 1807.
		In 1946 the state was created out of Westphalia and the northern part of the Rhine province; Lippe was added in 1947.
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		The Case of the Kingdom of Westphalia under the Empire of Napoleon, 1807-1813
		When the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded and soundly conquered the states of Central Europe during the first decade of the 19th century, he presented his new subjects with high tax rates, strict conscription laws, and a crippling economic system.
		But, as in the case of the Kingdom of Westphalia, he also provided a written constitution - the first ever for a German state.
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	The Avalon Project : Treaty of Westphalia
		the 25th of December, N.S. or the 15th O.S. it was resolv'd at Hamburgh, to hold an Assembly of Plenipotentiary Ambassadors, who should render themselves at Munster and Osnabrug in Westphalia the 11th of July, N.S. or the 1st of the said month O.S. in the year 1643.
		And by the Mediation and Interposition of the most illustrious and most excellent Ambassador and Senator of Venice, Aloysius Contarini Knight, who for the space of five Years, or thereabouts, with great Diligence, and a Spirit intirely impartial, has been inclin'd to be a Mediator in these Affairs.
		Done, pass'd and concluded at Munster in Westphalia, the 24th Day of October, 1648.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/westphal.htm (3468 words)

	AllRefer.com - Hanover, former kingdom and province, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Napoleon I gave the electorate to Prussia in 1805, but in 1807 he assigned part of Hanover to the kingdom of Westphalia under his brother JErOme Bonaparte, the remainder being divided in 1810 between France and Westphalia.
		At the accession (1837) of Queen Victoria in England, Hanover was separated from the British crown because of the Salic law of succession.
		George V refused to support Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and, as a consequence, lost his kingdom, which was made a Prussian (from 1871 a German) province.
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		He was commissioned at Cassel in 1809 to organize the army of Westphalia.
		Returning to France after the fall of the kingdom of Westphalia, he settled at Paris (1813), entering the service of the government.
		He was made a member of the Legion of Honor and was decorated with the Order of Westphalia.
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	Westphalia - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Westphalia (German Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
		After 1813, Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
		Present-day common use, however, restricts the notion to the present part of North Rhine-Westphalia, because of the name.
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	North Rhine-Westphalia - Simple English Wikipedia
		It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,060,000 inhabitants.
		1817 — Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
		1946 — Rhine Province, Westphalia and Lippe-Detmold united to North Rhine-Westphalia.
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