Genoa cedes Corsica to France
- When
- 1768
- Where
- Corsica
- Part of
- French Conquest of Corsica
By the 1768 Treaty of Versailles, an exhausted Genoa ceded all rights over Corsica to France after selling the island.
Following the Corsican conquest of Capraia in 1767, the Republic of Genoa, exhausted by forty years of fighting, resolved to sell Corsica to France, which after its defeat in the Seven Years' War sought to reinforce its position in the Mediterranean. In 1768, under the Treaty of Versailles, Genoa formally ceded all its rights on the island to Louis XV of France, as a pledge for debts incurred after enlisting French military help against the Corsican revolt.
Sources
- French conquest of Corsica Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
- Corsica Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
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