Principality of Aschaffenburg

{{coord missing|Germany}} The '''Principality of Aschaffenburg''' ({{lang-de|Fürstentum Aschaffenburg}}) was a [[principality]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and the [[Confederation of the Rhine]] from 1803–10. Its capital was [[Aschaffenburg]]. With the [[German Mediatisation|secularization]] of the [[Archbishopric of Mainz]] in 1803, [[Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg]] was compensated by receiving the newly created principalities of Aschaffenburg and [[Principality of Regensburg|Regensburg]] and the [[County of Wetzlar]]. Along with the city of Aschaffenburg, the Principality of Aschaffenburg also consisted of [[Klingenberg am Main|Klingenberg]], [[Lohr]], [[Aufenau]], [[Stadtprozelten]], [[Bad Orb|Orb]], and [[Aura im Sinngrund|Aura]]. The principality became part of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1810 [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] granted Dalberg's Principality of Regensburg to the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] and compensated him with [[Hanau]] and [[Fulda]]. Dalberg merged his remaining territories of Aschaffenburg, [[Free City of Frankfurt|Frankfurt]], Wetzlar, Hanau, and Fulda into the new [[Grand Duchy of Frankfurt]], 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.