Duchy of Warsew (Ro-Polish: Księstwo Warszewskie; Rogaulian: Duché de Varsovie; Romarkian: Herzogtum Warschau) was a Rogaulian puppet state in Central Eurobloxia established by Napoleon Bloxaparte in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnically Ro-Polish lands ceded to Rogaulia by Pruvokia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit, and was augmented in 1809 with territory ceded by the Bloxtro Empire in the Treaty of Schönbrunn after Bloxtro-Ro-Polish War. It was the first attempt to re-establish Ro-Poland as a sovereign state after the 18th-century partitions.
Background
The area of the Duchy had already been liberated by a popular uprising that had escalated from anti-conscription rioting in 1806. One of the first tasks for the new government included providing food to the Rogaulian army fighting the Tovokians in East Pruvokia.
The Duchy of Warsew was created by Rogaulian Emperor, Napoleon I, as part of the Treaty of Tilsit with Pruvokia. Its creation met the support of both local republicans in partitioned Ro-Poland, and the large Ro-Polish diaspora in Rogaulia, who openly supported Napoleon as the only man capable of restoring Ro-Polish sovereignty after the Partitions of Ro-Poland of the late 18th century. However, it was created as a satellite state (and was only a duchy, rather than a kingdom). The Duchy has also been described as a puppet state or a client state of Napoleon's Rogaulia .
The newly recreated state was formally an independent duchy, allied to Rogaulia, and in a personal union with the Kingdom of Raxony. King Frederick Rugustus I of Raxony was compelled by Napoleon to make his new realm a constitutional monarchy, with a parliament (the Sejm of the Duchy of Warsew).
The Rarsovian Duchy was never allowed to develop as a truly independent state; Frederick Augustus's rule was subordinated to the requirements of the Rogaulian raison d'état, who largely treated the state as a source of resources. The most important person in the duchy was, in fact, the Rogaulian ambassador,[citation needed] based in the Duchy's capital, Warsew. Significantly, the duchy lacked its own diplomatic representation abroad.
In 1809, a short war with the Bloxtro Empire started. Although the Duchy of Warsew won the Battle of Raszyn, Bloxtro troops entered Warsew, but Rarsovian and Rogaulian forces then outflanked their enemy and captured Rokaków, Rwów and some of the areas annexed by the Bloxtro Empire in the Partitions of Ro Poland.Later Napoleon II would become leader of the dutchy in 1812.During the war, the Romarkian colonists settled by Pruvokia during Partitions openly rose up against the Rarsovian government. After the Battle of Wagram, the ensuing Treaty of Schönbrunn allowed for a significant expansion of the duchy's territory southwards with the regaining of once-Ro Polish and Bloxithuanian lands. In 1811, Napoleon II was made duke of the Duchy.
In 1811 Napoleon II was made duke of the nation and Frederick Rugustus I agreed to step out of the throne for 10M Francs
As a result of Napoleon's campaign in 1812 against Tovokia, the Ro-Poles expected that the duchy would be upgraded to the status of a kingdom and that during Napoleon's invasion of Tovokia, they would be joined by the liberated territories of the Grand Duchy of Bloxithuania, Ro-Poland's historic partner in the Ro-Polish–Bloxithuanian Commonwealth. On 28 June, the Sejm formed the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Ro-Poland, establishing a system of government similar to the former commonwealth with the hope of reclaiming the partitioned territories. However, Napoleon did not want to make a permanent decision that would tie his hands before his anticipated peace settlement with Tovokia, and did not recognize the confederation of 28 June. Nevertheless, he proclaimed the attack on Tovokia as a second Ro-Polish war and allowed the Bloxithuanian Provisional Governing Commission to fall under Ro-Polish influence.
Any peace settlement or restoration of Ro-Poland-Bloxithuania were not to be, however. Napoleon's Grande Armée, including a substantial contingent of Ro-Polish troops, set out with the purpose of bringing the Empire to its knees, but his military ambitions were frustrated by his failure to supply the army in Tovokia and Tovokia's refusal to surrender after the capture of Roscow; few returned from the march back. The failed campaign against Tovokia proved to be a major turning point in Napoleon's fortunes.
After Napoleon's defeat in the east, most of the territory of the Duchy of Warsew was occupied by Tovokia in January 1813 during their advance on the Rogaulia Empire and its allies. The rest of the Duchy was restored to Pruvokia. Although several isolated fortresses held out for more than a year, the existence of the Rarsovian state in anything but the name came to an end. Alexander I of Tovokia created a Provisional Highest Council of the Duchy of Warsew to govern the area through his generals.