Kingdom of Illyria
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Not to be confused with the ancient Illyrian kingdom.
The Kingdom of Illyria was a crown land of the Austrian Empire from 1816 to 1849,[1] the successor state of the Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces, which were reconquered by Austria in the War of the Sixth Coalition. It was established according to the Final Act of the Vienna Congress. Its administrative centre was in Ljubljana (officially German: Laibach)
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Kingdom of Illyria | |||||||||||||
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1816–1849 | |||||||||||||
Status | Crown land of Austria | ||||||||||||
Capital | Ljubljana | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Italian, Slovene, Croatian, German | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||
Government | monarchy | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1816–1835 | Francis I | ||||||||||||
• 1835–1848 | Ferdinand I | ||||||||||||
• 1848–1849 | Francis Joseph I | ||||||||||||
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Historical era | Modern history | ||||||||||||
June 9, 1815 | |||||||||||||
• Established | August 3, 1816 | ||||||||||||
• Croatian territory detached | 1822 | ||||||||||||
1849 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | December 8, 1849 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Thaler | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Austria Croatia Italy Slovenia |
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Upon the Revolutions of 1848, the kingdom was dissolved and split into the Austrian crown lands of Carniola, Carinthia, and the Austrian Littoral.