Kingdom of Corsica

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early modern state former monarchy historical state

The Kingdom of Corsica was a short-lived 18th-century state on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, notable for its early democratic constitution and struggle for independence from Genoese and later French rule.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Corsica canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern state ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
capital Corte ⓘ
characterizedAs short-lived state ⓘ
claimedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
constitutionCharacter democratic ⓘ
enlightenment-inspired ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Corsica ⓘ
currency Corsican lira ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
establishedBy Pasquale Paoli ⓘ
followedBy French rule in Corsica ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasAdministrativeDivision pieve ⓘ
hasConstitution Corsican Constitution of 1755 ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment early democracy ⓘ
parliamentary system ⓘ
hasJudicialBody Supreme Council of Corsica ⓘ
hasLegislature Corsican Diet ⓘ
hasMotto Dio e Popolo ⓘ
hasNationalSymbol Moor's head flag ⓘ
hasTypeOfSuffrage limited male suffrage ⓘ
headOfState Pasquale Paoli ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
inspired later democratic movements in Europe ⓘ
languageUsed Corsican ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
leaderTitle General of the Nation ⓘ
legalSystem written constitution ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral parliament ⓘ
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedOn island of Corsica ⓘ
notableFor early democratic constitution ⓘ
experiment in enlightened constitutionalism ⓘ
opposedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
partOfConflict Corsican struggle for independence ⓘ
politicalStatus de facto independent state ⓘ
precededBy Republic of Genoa ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
struggleFor independence from France ⓘ
independence from Genoa ⓘ
usedFlag Moor's head flag ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corsi → associatedWithHistoricalRegion → Kingdom of Corsica ⓘ
Corsican War of Independence → mainBelligerent → Kingdom of Corsica ⓘ
Martín el Humano de Aragón → reignOver → Kingdom of Corsica ⓘ
flag of Corsica → historicallyUsedBy → Kingdom of Corsica ⓘ