The Bolognese Republic was proclaimed in 1796 in the Central Italian city of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

History

It was a

French client republic A sister republic (french: république sœur) was a republic established by French armies or by local revolutionaries and assisted by the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. These republics, though nominally independent ...

established when Papal authorities escaped from the city of Bologna in June 1796. It was annexed by the

Cispadane Republic The Cispadane Republic () was a short-lived client republic located in northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. In the following year, it was merged with the Transpadane Republic (former ...

on 16 October 1796. It was given the first Jacobin Constitution written in Italy. It had a government consisting of nine

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...

s and its head of state was the ''Presidente del Magistrato'', i.e. Chief magistrate, a presiding office held for four months by one of the consuls.

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WorldStatesmen - Italy
History of Bologna Client states of the Napoleonic Wars 1796 in Italy Early Modern Italy 1796 establishments in Italy 1796 disestablishments in Italy {{Italy-hist-stub