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Cisalpine Republic
1797–1802
A French sister republic created by Napoleon in 1797 (the year of the Treaty of Campo Formio) by merging the Transpadane and Cispadane Republics, centered on Milan and Lombardy. It had a constitution modeled on the French Directory.
- Existed
- 1797–1802
- Shown on the map
- 1797–1799
- Peak area
- 42k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A French sister republic created by Napoleon in 1797 (the year of the Treaty of Campo Formio) by merging the Transpadane and Cispadane Republics, centered on Milan and Lombardy. It had a constitution modeled on the French Directory. Reconquered by Austria-Russia in 1799 and restored after Marengo (1800), it was reorganized into the Italian Republic in 1802.
Common questions
- What was the Cisalpine Republic?
- A French sister republic created by Napoleon in 1797 (the year of the Treaty of Campo Formio) by merging the Transpadane and Cispadane Republics, centered on Milan and Lombardy. It had a constitution modeled on the French Directory.
- When did the Cisalpine Republic exist?
- The Cisalpine Republic existed 1797–1802. On this map it is drawn 1797–1799.
- How large was the Cisalpine Republic?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Cisalpine Republic covered about 42,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Cisalpine Republic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisalpine_Republic
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