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In 1801 the Kingdom of Etruria was created in Tuscany as part of a power-sharing deal between Napoleonic France and Spain... but why "Etruria"? Why would the new kingdom be named after a long-dead people the locals presumably felt little connection to, rather than the logical choice of "Tuscany"?

by /u/normie_sama in /r/AskHistorians

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