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During its occupation of neighboring parts of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 during the French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states....
, France established republican regimes in these territories. The French Republic claimed to support the spread of the republican principles in Europe, but most of these client republics, or sister republics, were in fact a means of controlling the occupied lands through a mix of French and local control. The republics typically based their existence on the presence of French troops; on the other side, the French administration often ruled with the only purpose of draining as many resources (food, money and soldiers) as possible for the benefit of France.






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During its occupation of neighboring parts of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 during the French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states....
, France established republican regimes in these territories. The French Republic claimed to support the spread of the republican principles in Europe, but most of these client republics, or sister republics, were in fact a means of controlling the occupied lands through a mix of French and local control. The republics typically based their existence on the presence of French troops; on the other side, the French administration often ruled with the only purpose of draining as many resources (food, money and soldiers) as possible for the benefit of France. The institution of republican governments, promoting nationality over the rule of the royal families (Bourbons
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
, Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
s) set the stage for the appearance of nationalist
Nationalism

Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
 sentiment in all Europe, which significantly influenced the course of European history (see 1830 and Revolutions of 1848
Revolutions of 1848

The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European continent....
).

French client republics of Italy


  • Republic of Alba
    Republic of Alba

    The Republic of Alba was a French client republic proclaimed on 25 April 1796, in Alba , northern Italy. It covered the area of Piedmont. It ceased to exist on 19 April 1801, when it was annexed by France....
     (1796 - 1801), annexed to the French Empire
  • Ligurian Republic
    Ligurian Republic

    The Ligurian Republic was a short-lived French client republic formed by Napoleon I of France on June 14, 1797. It consisted of the territory of the old Republic of Genoa which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy....
     (1796 - 1805), annexed to the French Empire
  • Bolognese Republic
    Bolognese Republic

    The Bolognese Republic was proclaimed in 1796 in the Central Italian city of Bologna....
     (1796), annexed to the Cispadane Republic
  • Cispadane Republic
    Cispadane Republic

    The Cispadane Republic was a short-lived French client republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon I of France....
     (1796 - 1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic
    Cisalpine Republic

    The Cisalpine Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802.After the Battle of Lodi, in May 1796, the French general Napoleon I of France proceeded to organize two states ? one on the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one on the north, the Transpadane Republic....
  • Republic of Bergamo
    Republic of Bergamo

    The Republic of Bergamo or Repubblica Bergamasca was an ephemeral French client republic created in March 1797 after the end of the Republic of Venice....
     (1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic
  • Transpadane Republic
    Transpadane Republic

    The Transpadane Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1796 to June 29 1797. It comprised the territory of Lombardy, and was merged with the Cispadane Republic to form the Cisalpine Republic....
     (1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic
  • Cisalpine Republic
    Cisalpine Republic

    The Cisalpine Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802.After the Battle of Lodi, in May 1796, the French general Napoleon I of France proceeded to organize two states ? one on the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one on the north, the Transpadane Republic....
     (1797 - 1802) transformed into the Italian Republic
    Italian Republic (Napoleonic)

    The Italian Republic was a short-lived republic, located in Northern Italy. It was a vassal state of the First French Republic of Napoleon.The Italian Republic was the successor of the Cisalpine Republic, which changed its constitution to allow the French First Consul Napoleon to become its president....
  • Republic of Brescia (1797)
  • Republic of Crema
    Republic of Crema

    The Republic of Crema was a French client republic in Italy. It existed in 1797, based in Crema, Italy, and covered a part of the area of Lombardy....
     (1797)
  • Republic of Ancona
    Republic of Ancona

    The Republic of Ancona was formed on 19 November 1797 as a French client republic. It came about after a French victory at Ancona in February 1797....
     (1797 - 1798), joined Roman Republic
    Roman Republic (18th century)

    The Roman Republic was proclaimed on February 15, 1798 after Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon I of France, had invaded the city of Rome on February 10....
  • Roman Republic
    Roman Republic (18th century)

    The Roman Republic was proclaimed on February 15, 1798 after Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon I of France, had invaded the city of Rome on February 10....
     (1798 - 1800)
  • Tiberina Republic
    Tiberina Republic

    The Tiberina Republic was proclaimed on 4 February 1798, when republicans took power in the city of Perugia. It was a French client republic that took its name from the river Tiber....
     (1798 - 1799) capital Perugia, joined Roman Republic
  • Lémanique Republic (1798), today Vaud
    Vaud

    The cantons of Switzerland of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne....
     canton
  • Etruscan Republic (1799)
  • Republic of Pescara (1799)
  • Parthenopaean Republic
    Parthenopaean Republic

    The Parthenopaean Republic was a France-supported republic in the territory of the Kingdom of Naples, formed during the French Revolutionary Wars after King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies fled before advancing French troops....
     (1799) capital Naples
  • Subalpine Republic
    Subalpine Republic

    The Subalpine Republic was a short-lived republic established in June 1802 on the territory of the Piedmont during the Napoleonic era.It was annexed to France in September 1802 as the d?partements of Doire , Marengo , P? , Sesia , Stura, and Tanaro ....
     (1802), annexed to the French Empire
  • Italian Republic
    Italian Republic (Napoleonic)

    The Italian Republic was a short-lived republic, located in Northern Italy. It was a vassal state of the First French Republic of Napoleon.The Italian Republic was the successor of the Cisalpine Republic, which changed its constitution to allow the French First Consul Napoleon to become its president....
     (1802 - 1805), transformed into the Kingdom of Italy
    Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

    The Kingdom of Italy was founded in Northern Italy by Napoleon I of France, and ended with his defeat and fall.The Kingdom of Italy was born on 17 March 1805 when the Italian Republic , whose president was Napoleon, became Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy and Eug?ne de Beauharnais viceroy....
  • Illyrian Republic (1809)


Other French client republics

  • Republic of Boulon (1794 - 1795)
  • Republic of Rauracia (Raurakische Republik/Republique Rauracienne), revolutionary French republic in Basel
    Basel

    Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
     (1792 - 1793)
  • Republic of Mainz
    Republic of Mainz

    The Republic of Mainz was the first democracy state on the current Germany territory and was centered in Mainz. A product of the French Revolutionary Wars, it lasted from March to July 1793....
     revolutionary French republic in Rheinhessen and Pfalz (1793)
  • Batavian Republic
    Batavian Republic

    The Batavian Republic was the Succession of states of the Dutch Republic. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795 and ended on June 5, 1806 with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....
     (1795 - 1806), Netherlands
  • Cisrhenian Republic
    Cisrhenian Republic

    The Cisrhenian Republic was a French client republic created on 28 August 1797 on the western bank of the Rhine river, under French domination....
     (1797), Germany
  • Republic of Connaught
    Republic of Connaught

    The Irish Republic more commonly referred to as the Republic of Connaught was a short-lived Ireland breakaway puppet state established with French Directory military support for a few weeks during the Irish Rebellion of 1798....
     (1798), accompanying Humbert
    Jean Joseph Amable Humbert

    General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert was a France soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish Rebellion of 1798 in 1798....
    's Irish expedition in support of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
    Irish Rebellion of 1798

    The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against United Kingdom and its subject Kingdom of Ireland....
  • Helvetic Republic
    Helvetic Republic

    In History of Switzerland, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing Cantons of Switzerlands united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud....
     (1798 - 1803), Switzerland
  • Republic of Danzig
    Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)

    The Free City of Danzig, sometimes referred to as the Republic of Danzig, was a semi-independent state established by Napoleon on September 9, 1807, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars following the capture of the city in the siege of Danzig in May....
     (1807 - 1815)