Septinsular Republic
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The Septinsular Republic, also known as the Republic of the Seven United Islands, was an oligarchic republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Russian and Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian
The Republic's territory extended to the seven main islands plus the smaller islets of the Ionian Sea
Antonios Maria Kapodistrias, one of the two main negotiators in Constantinople.
Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1818
Antonios Komoutos, President of the Ionian Senate and head of state of the Septinsular Republic in 1803
The first period of French rule in the Ionian Islands lasted from June 1797 to March 1799. Following the fall of the Republic of Venice in May 1797, the Ionian Islands, a Venetian possession, were occ
Septinsular Republic
…Cephalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos or Zante, and Kythira). The Republic was established after a joint Russo-Ottoman fleet captured the islands and ended a two-year rule by the French Republic. Although the islanders had hoped for complete independence, the new state was granted only autonomy, becoming tributary to the…
Portrait of Carlo Aurelio Widmann, last Venetian governor of the Ionian islands
Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole. Napoleon's victories in Italy led to the demise of the ancient Republic of Venice and the French occupation of the Ionian Islands.
The Tree of Liberty is erected in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, on 4 June 1797