The Bolognese Republic was created in 1796 in the Central Italian city of Bologna.

[1] It merged the existing provinces of Bologna and Ferrara into one.

[2] The Bolognese Republic was a French client republic established when Papal authorities escaped from the city of Bologna in June 1796.

It was annexed by the Cispadane Republic on 16 October 1796.

[1] It had a government consisting of nine consuls 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.