Ligurian Republic

The Ligurian Republic (it. Repubblica Ligure ) was established by the French Revolution export Italian subsidiary Republic, formed from the former nobility Republic of Genoa, established on 14 June 1797 resolved through integration into the French Empire on June 4, 1805.

Given the crucial for the outcome of the First Coalition War French victories in the northern Italian campaign of 1796/1797 and the consequent massive military- political pressure closed the Republic of Genoa on June 6, 1797 an agreement with General Bonaparte, in accordance with their previous aristocratic constitution in democratic was transformed by the French model; the republic was officially proclaimed on 14 June 1797. The new Constitution ( adopted by referendum on December 2, 1797) occurred at the beginning of the year 1798 in force. An offensive and defensive alliance offered the Ligurian Republic of external protection, but at the same time made ​​them totally dependent on France. The democratic constitution with a governing five-member Board underwent a restoration in 1802, by re- entered Doge to the head of state. 1805 Napoleon dissolved, already the French Emperor, the Republic, and integrated it as the neighboring Duchy of Parma in the form of three departments in his kingdom. After the end of Napoleonic rule Genoa tried from April to December 1814 regain its statehood, but it was due to the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Comments

  • The name of the Republic goes to the already ancient name Liguria for the ( much larger ) area between the Alps, the Po and the Gulf of Genoa and its inhabitants, the Ligurians, back; already Emperor Augustus established a regional administrative unit called Liguria.
  • The the Cross of St. George facing flag of the republic of nobles (solid red bars on a white background, also the flag of the city of Genoa itself or England ) was retained by the Ligurian Republic, and unlike many other daughter republics of France not replaced by a tricolor. The Constitution of 26 June 1802 as well as in the legal texts of 28 July 1814, the flag is explicitly mentioned as a national flag, but not in the Constitution output of 2 December 1798 in which only the "Old Banner " is mentioned. At the beginning of the Republic in 1797, variants of this flag could have been used.
  • French Revolution
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • Napoleonic State
  • Historical Territory (Italy )
  • History ( Liguria)
  • Established in 1797
  • Dissolved in 1805
Export of revolution French Directory Doge of Genoa Saint George Tricolour (flag)
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