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Batavian Republic (1795-1806) (the Netherlands)

Bataafsche Republiek / Bataafsch Gemeenebest

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[Flag of the Batavian Republic] by Mark Sensen, 19 January 1999

For a certain time the Batavian Republic was officially called Bataafsch Gemeenebest (Batavian Commonwealth), but I don't know when exactly.
Mark Sensen, 19 January 1999

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Naval ensign

I have seen an illustration of the flag of the Batavian Republic (the former United Provinces of the Netherlands) which was the Dutch tricolour with a small white canton (to the depth of the red stripe only) bearing a charge of Liberty (represented by an identical classically-draped female figure) being defended by a lion.
Roy Stilling, 26 January 1996

Technically it was not a national flag, but a flag of the navy. When Louis Bonaparte (Napoleons youngest brother) was king of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1806-1810) he tried to add the arms (quartered; I and IV Dutch lion, II and III French eagle) in the plain Dutch flag, but withdrew his proposal when it was clear to him that it wouldn't be accepted by the navy.
Mark Sensen, 27 January 1996

In [wil86] Wilson 1986, p. 60:

... the Netherlands passed under French domination after the French Revo