Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

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Kingdom of Corsica Regno di Corsica (Italian) Regnu di Corsica (Corsican)
1794–1796
Flaga Coat of arms
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"
Status	Personal union with Great Britain
Capital	Corte (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	Italian Corsican
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
• Siege of Calvi	17 June − 10 August 1794
• Exile of Paoli	October 1795
• British evacuation	11 October 1796
• Conquered	19 October 1796
Currency	soldi
Preceded by Succeeded by First French Republic First French Republic
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.

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]