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Principality of Leyen
Fürstentum Leyen(German)
1806–1814
Flag
Coat of arms
The Principality of Leyen, as shown within the Grand Duchy of Baden
Status
Client state of the French Empire Member of the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital
Hohengeroldseck
Government
Principality
Prince
Historical era
Napoleonic Wars
• County of Adendorf raised to principality
1806
• Mediatised to Austria by Congress of Vienna
1814
• Granted to Baden
1819
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Adendorf
Austrian Empire
The Principality of Leyen was a Napoleonic German state which existed 1806–1814 in Hohengeroldseck, in the west of modern Baden-Württemberg. The House of Leyen had acquired many districts in western Germany, and eventually these were inherited by the Leyen line of counts at Adendorf. In 1797, France defeated the Holy Roman Empire and all lands west of the Rhine were lost. Following the defeat of Austria in December 1805, most of the smaller German princely states were mediatized, with the glaring exception of Leyen, which was spared because the ruling Count was nephew to Archchancellor Karl Theodor von Dalberg,[1] a close collaborator of Napoleon's.
In 1806, Count Philip Francis of Adendorf was raised to a Prince, and his lands were renamed to the 'Principality of Leyen'. The territory formed an enclave surrounded by Baden. Prince Philip Francis, like many other members of the Confederation of the Rhine became largely a French puppet, so following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, the Congress of Vienna opted to mediatize his realm and give it to Austria. In 1819, Austria traded it to Baden.
^Heinrich von Treitschke, History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1, page 270.
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