Subalpine Republic
| Subalpine Republic | ||||||||||||
| Repubblica Subalpina | ||||||||||||
| Client state of France | ||||||||||||
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Motto Liberté, Égalité Liberty, Equality |
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 Map of Piedmont within modern Italy
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| Capital | Turin | |||||||||||
| Languages | Italian, French | |||||||||||
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Roman Catholicism Waldensianism |
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| Government | Republic | |||||||||||
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| • | 1801–1802 | Jean-Baptiste Jourdan | ||||||||||
| Historical era | French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||||||
| • | Established | 20 June 1800 | ||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 11 September 1802 | ||||||||||
| Currency | French franc | |||||||||||
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The Subalpine Republic was a short-lived republic that existed between 1800 and 1802 on the territory of Piedmont during its military rule by Napoleonic France.
Piedmont was the main part of the Kingdom of Sardinia which, despite its name, had its core on the mainland. The kingdom suffered a first French invasion in 1796, which led to the Treaty of Paris and the loss of Savoy and Nice. After a second invasion in 1798, King Charles Emmanuel IV escaped to Rome, but he never agreed to sign a new peace treaty, approving a final arrangement of its continental territories according to international law.
The Piedmontese Republic was declared on 10 September 1798 and it existed until 20 June 1799, when it was conquered by Austro-Russian troops. Although the Kingdom of Sardinia's authority was briefly restored in Piedmont, in 1800 Napoleon returned to Italy, taking back much of the new republics. The Piedmontese Republic was re-established as the Subalpine Republic on 20 June 1800.
The republic had its capital at Turin. On 9 July 1800, it adopted a new flag, which consisted of a red-blue-gold triband (based on the flag of the earlier Republic of Alba). Its motto was Liberté, Égalité, which was taken from the French motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité.
The Subalpine Republic was heavily dependent on France and was never really independent as it was under French military occupation. The state was not recognized by the international community. Its government changed a number of times during its brief existence, and was made up of the following people:
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