Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

Kingdom of Corsica
Regno di Corsica (Italian)
Regnu di Corsica (Corsican)
1794–1796
Motto: Amici e non di ventura
(English: Friends, and not by mere accident)
Anthem: Dio vi salvi Regina
("God save you Queen")
1794 map of the "Island and Kingdom of Corsica"
1794 map of the "Island and Kingdom of Corsica"
StatusPersonal union with Great Britain
CapitalCorte (until 1795)
Bastia (from 1795)
42°10′22.555″N 9°7′47.582″E / 42.17293194°N 9.12988389°E / 42.17293194; 9.12988389
Common languages
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Kingb
George III
• Viceroy
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 4th Baronet
• President of the Council of State
Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo
LegislatureParliament
Historical eraAge 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
Currencysoldi
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First French Republic
First French Republic
Today part ofFrance
Corsica
a The flag of the kingdom was the Corsican Moor's head united with the British royal arms.
b Represented by a viceroy.

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]