United States of the Ionian Islands

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The United States of the Ionian Islands was a 19th-century British-protected republic comprising several Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece, which existed as a semi-autonomous state before its union with the Kingdom of Greece.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British protectorate
former state
republic
capital Corfu NERFINISHED
cessionTreaty Treaty of London (1864) NERFINISHED
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the United States of the Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
currency Ionian obol NERFINISHED
diplomaticRepresentativeOfProtector Lord High Commissioner NERFINISHED
endDate 1864
establishedBy Treaty of Paris (1815) NERFINISHED
flag Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
followedBy Kingdom of Greece NERFINISHED
governmentType constitutional republic
headOfState British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th century
includedIsland Cephalonia NERFINISHED
Corfu NERFINISHED
Ithaca NERFINISHED
Kythira NERFINISHED
Lefkada NERFINISHED
Paxos NERFINISHED
Zakynthos NERFINISHED
legalStatus British-protected state
legalSystem mixed civil law system
legislature Ionian Parliament NERFINISHED
locatedIn Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf Greece NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Greek
nativeName Ἡνωμένον Κράτος τῶν Ἰονίων Νήσων NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Greek
Italian
partOf British Empire (as a protectorate) NERFINISHED
precededBy Septinsular Republic NERFINISHED
primaryEthnicGroup Greeks
protector United Kingdom NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution cession to Greece by the United Kingdom
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholicism
secondaryEthnicGroup Italians NERFINISHED
shortName Ionian State NERFINISHED
sovereigntyRecognizedBy Congress of Vienna NERFINISHED
startDate 1815
status semi-autonomous
unionDate 1864
unionWith Kingdom of Greece NERFINISHED
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar NERFINISHED

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

Ian Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Sir Ian Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Frederick Temple countryOfBirth United States of the Ionian Islands
Old Town of Corfu governingAuthorityInHistory United States of the Ionian Islands