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Italian Republic
1802–1805
The Italian Republic was the French client state in northern Italy (capital Milan) that succeeded the Cisalpine Republic in 1802, with Napoleon Bonaparte himself as president and Francesco Melzi d'Eril as vice-president. In 1805 Napoleon converted it into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, with himself as King of Italy and his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais as viceroy; this kingdom lasted until Napoleon's fall in 1814.
- Existed
- 1802–1805
- Shown on the map
- 1803–1813
- Peak area
- 85k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The Italian Republic was the French client state in northern Italy (capital Milan) that succeeded the Cisalpine Republic in 1802, with Napoleon Bonaparte himself as president and Francesco Melzi d'Eril as vice-president. In 1805 Napoleon converted it into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, with himself as King of Italy and his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais as viceroy; this kingdom lasted until Napoleon's fall in 1814.
Common questions
- What was the Italian Republic?
- The Italian Republic was the French client state in northern Italy (capital Milan) that succeeded the Cisalpine Republic in 1802, with Napoleon Bonaparte himself as president and Francesco Melzi d'Eril as vice-president. In 1805 Napoleon converted it into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, with himself as King of Italy and his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais as viceroy; this kingdom lasted until Napoleon's fall in 1814.
- When did the Italian Republic exist?
- The Italian Republic existed 1802–1805. On this map it is drawn 1803–1813.
- How large was the Italian Republic?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Italian Republic covered about 85,000 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 — Italian Republic (Napoleonic) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Republic_(Napoleonic)
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