The Batavian Republic (1795–1806) (in the then spelling Batavian Republic), called the Batavian Commonwealth from 1801, was a republic that included most of the current Netherlands. The Republic was formed according to the example of and 'with military support from' the French Republic, of which the Batavian Republic was formally a sister republic, but de facto a vassal state. On March 1, 1796, a national and democratically elected parliament met for the first time in Dutch history. The Batavian Republic came to an end in 1806, with the foundation of the Kingdom of Holland by the French Emperor Napoleon.