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The Kingdom of Etruria was the name of a state comprising the larger part of Tuscany which existed between 1801 and 1807 . It took its name from Etruria , the old Roman name for the land of the Etruscans . It was created by Napoleon for the son of the Bourbon Duke Of Parma , in preparation for the ouster of the Bourbons from Parma, which came under French rule with the death of the Duke in 1802 . To make way for the Bourbons, the Habsburg Grand Duke Of Tuscany , Ferdinand III , was ousted and given compensation from ecclesiastical territories in Germany. The first King, Louis died young in 1803 , leaving a regency for his young son. However, in 1807 , Napoleon annexed the Kingdom of Etruria, turning it into three French '' Département s''. The King and his mother were to receive compensation out of the Franco-Spanish conquest of Portugal , but this was nixed by the break between Napoleon and their Spanish Bourbon cousins in 1808 . In the post-Napoleonic settlement, Tuscany itself was restored to its Habsburg Grand Dukes, while the Bourbons of Parma were compensated with the Duchy Of Lucca . KINGS OF ETRURIA
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