Ligurian Republic

The **Ligurian Republic** (, Ligurian: _Repubbrica Ligure_) was a client republic (a puppet state) formed by Napoleon I of France on 14 June 1797, after his army occupied Italy. It consisted of the old Republic of Genoa which Napoleon abolished and which covered most of the Ligurian region of northwest Italy, and the small Imperial fiefs owned by the House of Savoy inside its territory. Its first constitution was passed on 22 December 1797, establishing a Directorial republic.

## History

The directory was overthrown on 7 December 1799 and the executive **Girolamo Luigi Durazzo** was temporarily replaced by a commission. In 1800 a Doge was nominated for 5 years. In 1802 he was nominated for life. The Doge had no real powers, because he and the state were controlled by Napoleon and his army. Despite the appearance as a constitutional republic with a constitution and a legislature, almost everything was decided by Napoleon, like in all the other French client states.

The state was briefly occupied by the Austrian army in 1800, but Napoleon soon returned with his army. A new constitution was published in 1801, establishing institutions more similar to those of the previous Genoan Republic, with a Doge who was president of a senate. The Ligurian Republic used the traditional Genoese flag, a red cross on a white background.

In June 1805, the Ligurian Republic was annexed by the French to the French Empire.

After the fall of Napoleon in 1814, the republic was briefly restored between 28 April and 28 July. Following the Congress of Vienna it was awarded to the Kingdom of Sardinia and annexed on 3 January 1815.

## Infobox (country)

- **native name**: _Repubblica Ligure_
_Repubbrica Ligure_
- **conventional long name**: Ligurian Republic
- **common name**: Liguria
- **empire**: France
- **status**: Sister republic
- **status text**: French client republic, Sister republic of French First Republic, France
- **era**: Napoleonic Wars
- **event start**: French Revolutionary Wars, Invaded by France
- **year start**: 1797
- **date start**: 14 June
- **year end**: 1805
- **date end**: 4 June
- **event end**: First French Empire, Annexed by France
- **p1**: Republic of Genoa
- **flag p1**: Flag of Genoa.svg
- **s1**: First French Empire
- **flag s1**: Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg
- **image flag**: Flag of Genoa.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of the Ligurian Republic.svg
- **image map**: Norditalien und Mittelitalien 1799.jpg
- **image map caption**: Continental Italy in 1799
- **image map2**: Taggia046.jpg
- **image map2 caption**: Devastated blazon because of the proclamation of the Ligurian Republic, 1797; Taggia, Italy
- **legislature**: Ligurian Legislative Council, Legislative Council
- **house1**: Ligurian Council of Seniors, Council of Seniors
- **house2**: Ligurian Council of Sixty, Council of Sixty
- **capital**: Genoa
- **government type**: Constitutional republic
- **title leader**: Doge of Genoa, Doge
- **leader1**: Girolamo Luigi Durazzo , Girolamo Luigi Durazzo
- **year leader1**: 1797–1805
- **common languages**: Italian language, Italian, Ligurian (Romance language), Ligurian
- **currency**: Genoan pound