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The Principality of Aschaffenburg was a principality
Principality

A principality is a monarchy feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince or princess, or a monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince....
 of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 and the Confederation of the Rhine
Confederation of the Rhine

The Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation was a client state of the First French Empire. It was formed initially from 16 German states by Napoleon I of France after he defeated Austria's Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Russia's Alexander I of Russia in the Battle of Austerlitz....
 from 1803–10. Its capital was Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg is a large town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg , but is the administrative seat....
.

With the secularization
German Mediatisation

The German Mediatisation was the series of Mediatization and Secularization that occurred in Germany in 1795–1814, during the latter part of the era of the French Revolution and then the Napoleon Bonaparte....
 of the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz

The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780?82 and 1802....
 in 1803, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg

Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg was Archbishopric of Mainz, Prince-Elector#High Offices of the Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Regensburg, primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand Duchy of Frankfurt....
 was compensated by receiving the newly-created principalities of Aschaffenburg and Regensburg and the County of Wetzlar. Along with the city of Aschaffenburg, the Principality of Aschaffenburg also consisted of Klingenberg
Klingenberg am Main

Klingenberg am Main, town on the lower Bavarian part of the river Main, Bavaria, Germany....
, Lohr
Lohr

Lohr am Main is a town in the Main-Spessart county, in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Main, 19 miles east of Aschaffenburg, and 20 miles northwest of W?rzburg....
, Aufenau, Stadtprozelten
Stadtprozelten

Stadtprozelten is a town in the Miltenberg , in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 8 km northwest of Wertheim am Main....
, Orb
Bad Orb

Bad Orb is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 32 east km of Hanau. Bad Orb is between forested hills in the Nature Park Spessart, one of the largest forested areas in Germany....
, and Aura
Aura im Sinngrund

Aura is a Municipalities in Germany in the district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria in Germany....
.

The principality became part of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.






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The Principality of Aschaffenburg was a principality
Principality

A principality is a monarchy feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince or princess, or a monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince....
 of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 and the Confederation of the Rhine
Confederation of the Rhine

The Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation was a client state of the First French Empire. It was formed initially from 16 German states by Napoleon I of France after he defeated Austria's Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Russia's Alexander I of Russia in the Battle of Austerlitz....
 from 1803–10. Its capital was Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg is a large town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg , but is the administrative seat....
.

With the secularization
German Mediatisation

The German Mediatisation was the series of Mediatization and Secularization that occurred in Germany in 1795–1814, during the latter part of the era of the French Revolution and then the Napoleon Bonaparte....
 of the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz

The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780?82 and 1802....
 in 1803, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg

Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg was Archbishopric of Mainz, Prince-Elector#High Offices of the Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Regensburg, primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand Duchy of Frankfurt....
 was compensated by receiving the newly-created principalities of Aschaffenburg and Regensburg and the County of Wetzlar. Along with the city of Aschaffenburg, the Principality of Aschaffenburg also consisted of Klingenberg
Klingenberg am Main

Klingenberg am Main, town on the lower Bavarian part of the river Main, Bavaria, Germany....
, Lohr
Lohr

Lohr am Main is a town in the Main-Spessart county, in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Main, 19 miles east of Aschaffenburg, and 20 miles northwest of W?rzburg....
, Aufenau, Stadtprozelten
Stadtprozelten

Stadtprozelten is a town in the Miltenberg , in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 8 km northwest of Wertheim am Main....
, Orb
Bad Orb

Bad Orb is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 32 east km of Hanau. Bad Orb is between forested hills in the Nature Park Spessart, one of the largest forested areas in Germany....
, and Aura
Aura im Sinngrund

Aura is a Municipalities in Germany in the district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria in Germany....
.

The principality became part of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1810 Napoleon
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
 granted Dalberg's Principality of Regensburg to the Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a Germany state that existed from 1806–1918. Elector Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806....
 and compensated him with Hanau
Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt....
 and Fulda
Fulda

Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda ....
. Dalberg merged his remaining territories of Aschaffenburg, Frankfurt
Free City of Frankfurt

For almost five centuries, the German city of Frankfurt am Main was a city-state within two major Germanic states:*The Holy Roman Empire as the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt ...
, Wetzlar, Hanau, and Fulda into the new Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt

The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former Archbishopric of Mainz along with the Imperial city of Free City of Frankfurt itself....
, with the Principality of Aschaffenburg becoming a department of the new grand duchy. The city of Aschaffenburg remained the residence of Dalberg, however. The region was annexed by Bavaria in 1814.