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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Predicate Object
instanceOf British protectorate
former state
republic
capital Corfu
cessionTreaty Treaty of London (1864)
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the United States of the Ionian Islands
continent Europe
country Ionian Islands
currency Ionian obol
diplomaticRepresentativeOfProtector Lord High Commissioner
endDate 1864
establishedBy Treaty of Paris (1815)
flag Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands
followedBy Kingdom of Greece
governmentType constitutional republic
headOfState British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
historicalEra 19th century
includedIsland Cephalonia
linked to: Kefalonia

Corfu
Ithaca
Kythira
Lefkada
Paxos
Zakynthos
legalStatus British-protected state
legalSystem mixed civil law system
legislature Ionian Parliament
linked to: Ionian Assembly
locatedIn Ionian Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Greece
nativeLanguage Greek
nativeName Ἡνωμένον Κράτος τῶν Ἰονίων Νήσων
officialLanguage Greek
Italian
partOf British Empire (as a protectorate)
linked to: British Empire
precededBy Septinsular Republic
primaryEthnicGroup Greeks
protector United Kingdom
reasonForDissolution cession to Greece by the United Kingdom
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholicism
secondaryEthnicGroup Italians
shortName Ionian State
sovereigntyRecognizedBy Congress of Vienna
startDate 1815
status semi-autonomous
unionDate 1864
unionWith Kingdom of Greece
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar

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Frederick Temple countryOfBirth United States of the Ionian Islands
Ian Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Sir Ian Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Old Town of Corfu governingAuthorityInHistory United States of the Ionian Islands
High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands appliesToJurisdiction United States of the Ionian Islands
High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands roleIn British Protectorate of the Ionian Islands
linked to: United States of the Ionian Islands
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton birthPlace United States of the Ionian Islands
Island of Leucada controlledBy United States of the Ionian Islands