Berg 1806-1810 (Germany)

Grand Duchy of Berg, Grossherzogtum Berg

Last modified: 2002-10-26 by santiago dotor
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Flag used 1806-1808
by Santiago Dotor

• Grand Duchy of Berg 1806-1808
• Grand Duchy of Berg 1808-1810
• Lance Pennon

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• Historical Flags (Germany)
• Germany

Granted to General Murat. Used flag white over dark red (amaranth if I remember correctly) between 15 March 1806 to July 1808, when the French tricolor was adopted. In 1808 the crown passed to Napoleon Louis (son of Louis Bonaparte) and Murat was granted the kingdom of Naples. Napoleon Louis was under the regency of the Emperor Napoleon. Information provided by Lucien Philippe.

Jaume Ollé, 1998

by Zeljko Heimer

In 1810 the Great Duchy was annexed to France, taking effect on 1 January 1811. Information provided by Lucien Philippe.

Jaume Ollé, 1998

After the Napoleonic era, Berg became part of Prussia within the Provinz Kleve-Berg which was merged 1824 with Provinz Niederrhein (Lower Rhine Province) to make up the Provinz Rheinland or Rheinprovinz.

Santiago Dotor, 27 February 2001

Amaranth over white swallow tailed (c. 1:2). This information is from The Flag Bulletin and the colors are reversed to those in the information from Lucien Philippe.

Jaume Ollé, 1998