Duchy of Magdeburg

Duchy of Magdeburg Herzogtum Magdeburg
1680–1807
Coat of arms
The Duchy of Magdeburg within Brandenburg-Prussia at the death of the Great Elector (1688)
Status	Fief of Brandenburg (1680–1701) Fief of Prussia (1701–1807)
Capital	Magdeburg, Halle
Government	Duchy
History
• Archbishopric of Magdeburg secularised	1680
• Joined Kingdom of Prussia	1701
• Disestablished	1807
Preceded by Succeeded by Archbishopric of Magdeburg Kingdom of Westphalia Kingdom of Prussia

The Duchy of Magdeburg (German: Herzogtum Magdeburg) was a province of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1680 to 1701 and a province of the German Kingdom of Prussia from 1701 to 1807. It replaced the Archbishopric of Magdeburg after its secularization by Brandenburg, giving to the Elector another influential seat to the Reichstag’s College of Princes. The duchy's capitals were Magdeburg and Halle, while Burg was another important town. Dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars in 1807, its territory was made part of the Province of Saxony in 1815.