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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4492678, member: 102103&quot;]Day 53:&nbsp; Grand Duchy of Würzburg 3 Kreuzer 1807</p><p><br /></p><p>Würzburg was formerly a bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire.&nbsp; It was secularized in 1803, given to Bavaria, then given instead to Ferdinand III to compensate him for the loss of Salzburg.&nbsp; It was an Electorate briefly, and then was bumped up to a Grand Duchy.&nbsp; Würzburg existed as a Grand Duchy from 1805-1814 and issued a few coins.&nbsp; Then it was given back to Bavaria, where it still remains.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love all the short-lived states and changes of rulers during the Napoleonic Era.&nbsp; Glad I didn&#039;t have to live through it, though!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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