Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
1794–96 British client state in Corsica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (Italian: Regno Anglo-Corso; Corsican: Riame anglo-corsu or Riamu anglu-corsu), also known officially as the Kingdom of Corsica (Italian: Regno di Corsica; Corsican: Regnu di Corsica), was a client state of the Kingdom of Great Britain that existed on the island of Corsica between 1794 and 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]
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Kingdom of Corsica | |||||||||
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1794–1796 | |||||||||
Motto: Amici e non di ventura (English: Friends, and not by mere accident) | |||||||||
Anthem: Dio vi salvi Regina ("God save you Queen") | |||||||||
Status | Personal union with Great Britain | ||||||||
Capital | Corte (until 1795) Bastia (from 1795) 42°10′22.555″N 9°7′47.582″E | ||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
• Kingb | George III | ||||||||
• Viceroy | Sir Gilbert Elliot, 4th Baronet | ||||||||
• President of the Council of State | Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo | ||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
Historical era | Age of Enlightenment | ||||||||
• Established | 15−19 June 1794 | ||||||||
17 June − 10 August 1794 | |||||||||
• Exile of Paoli | October 1795 | ||||||||
• British evacuation | 11 October 1796 | ||||||||
• Conquered | 19 October 1796 | ||||||||
Currency | soldi | ||||||||
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Today part of | France ∟ Corsica | ||||||||
a The flag of the kingdom was the Corsican Moor's head united with the British royal arms. b Represented by a viceroy. |
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