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Duchy of Warsaw
The
Duchy of Warsaw
(, , ) was a
Polish
state established by
Napoleon I
in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the
Kingdom of Prussia
under the terms of the
Treaties of Tilsit
. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King
Frederick Augustus I
of
Saxony
. Following
Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia
, the duchy was occupied by Prussian and
Russian
troops until 1815, when it was formally partitioned between the two countries at the
Congress of Vienna
. It covered central and eastern part of present Poland and minor parts of present
Lithuania
and
Belarus
.
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