Principality of Lucca and Piombino
Principality of Lucca and Piombino | |||||||||||||||
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| 1805–1814 | |||||||||||||||
Principality of Lucca in 1806 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Client state of the French Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Lucca | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Italian, French | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||
| Princess | |||||||||||||||
• 1805–1809 | Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||||||
| 23 June 1805 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 March 1814 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||||||||
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The Principality of Lucca and Piombino was created in July 1805 by Napoleon I for his sister Elisa Bonaparte. It was a state located on the central Italian Peninsula (present-day Italy) and was a client state of Napoleonic France.