page_title: Zákupy
section_title: Duke of Reichstadt
hierarchical_section_title: Zákupy / History / Duke of Reichstadt
context_page_description: Zákupy is a town in the Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The centre of the town and the castle are historically significant and since 2003 they are protected by law as Urban monument zone.
context_section_description: In 1805, the estates were purchased by the Habsburg archduke Ferdinand III. In 1818, Emperor Francis I of Austria awarded the title of Duke of Reichstadt (German: Herzog von Reichstadt) to his grandson, Napoleon Franz, who was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise.  Napoleon Franz died without heirs in 1832, having never visited the town.
caption: The Duke of Reichstadt
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