Grand Duchy of Kraków
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- For the Grand Duke, overlord of the Polanes, see Duke of Cracow
The Grand Duchy of Kraków (German: Großherzogtum Krakau), as a name, was created after the incorporation of the Free City of Kraków to Austria on November 16, 1846. Grand Duke of Kraków was, in real terms, just a part of the official titulary of the Emperor of Austria in 1846-1918.
Then, the official name of the Austrian administrative entity containing approximately Galicia (Central Europe), and some Polish areas west of it, was changed to "Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the Grand Duchy of Cracow with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator".
The Free City of Kraków was a protectorate, however it was functionally independent, as a result of the Congress of Vienna (1815). It was under Prussian, Austrian, and Russian trilateral influence until, in the aftermath of the unsuccessful Kraków Uprising, it was annexed by the Austrian Empire. The Free City was a remnant of the Duchy of Warsaw partitioned among the three states in 1815.
Each of these entities (Galicia, Lodomeria, Kraków, Auschwitz, and Zator) was formally separate; they were listed as such in the Austrian emperor's titles, each had its distinct coat-of-arms and flag. For administrative purposes, however, they formed a single province.
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