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Republic of Lucca
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Also called:
Luccan Republic
French:
République Lucquoise
Italian:
Repubblica Lucchese
Date:
1797 - 1805
Key People:
St. John Leonardi
Related Places:
Italy
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Republic of Lucca

historical republic, Italy
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Republic of Lucca, republic established by Napoleon Bonaparte in Lucca and its environs on Dec. 27, 1801, after his second successful conquest of Italy, driving out the Austrians. It lasted less than four years; in June 1805 he granted Lucca to his sister Élisa Bonaparte as a principality, part of the new French Empire.

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