State of Franche-Comté

The State of Franche-Comté was a short-lived state which existed from January 27 to June 6, 1814,{{cite book |last1=Monnier |first1=Louis |title=Histoire de la ville de Vesoul : avec de nombreuses reproductions de monuments et de portraits |date=1909 |page=82 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1454396/f84.item |access-date=16 February 2021}} created at the fall of the French Empire as a buffer state between France and Germany. It was headed by a governor general named Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck known as the "baron of Andlaw".{{cite web |last1=Bolin |first1=Bernard |title=VESOUL, Capitale d'ÉTAT (27 janvier 1814 - 6 juin 1814) |url=https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/auteurs/article_pop.asp?no=31891&no_artiste=1317 |access-date=19 January 2021}} Its capital was at Vesoul.{{cite web |title=Un épisode historique présenté cet été au château de Bougey |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/culture-loisirs/2020/08/01/un-episode-historique-presente-cet-ete-au-chateau-de-bougey |website=L'Est Républicain |access-date=16 February 2021}}

The State of Franche-Comté was dissolved following the Treaty of Paris (1814). Most of its territories were restored to France, although the Principality of Porrentruy continued to be governed by von Andlau-Birseck until it was transferred to the Swiss Confederation in 1815.{{cite web |title=Conrad Charles Frédéric d ' Andlau-Birseck |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/016455/2019-09-20/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse DHS |access-date=16 February 2021}}