The second period of French rule in the Ionian Islands began in August 1807, when the Septinsular Republic, a Russian protectorate comprising the seven Ionian Islands, was occupied by the First French
General François-Xavier Donzelot, second French Governor-General of the Ionian Islands (1808–1814)
A French-flagged xebec in front of the Old Fortress of Corfu, during the second period of French rule. Painting by the British naval officer William Pocock
The United States of the Ionian Islands was a Greek state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. The successor state of the Septinsular Republic, it covered the territory
French rule in the Ionian Islands (1807–1814)
…in Corfu, François-Xavier Donzelot, capitulated and the French garrison was evacuated. In 1815, the islands became a British protectorate, the United States of the Ionian Islands. In the Treaty of Tilsit, concluded in July 1807, Russia ceded the Septinsular Republic to Napoleonic France. On 20 August, French troops landed on…
The 17-member Ionian Senate met in this room in the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, Corfu
30 oboli, Ionian Islands, 1862