Sovereign state |
Predecessors |
Albania |
Epirus (1183-186 BC) Province of Macedonia (146 BC – 357 AD)
- Roman Republic (167–27 BC)
- Roman Empire (27 BC – 357 AD)
Diocese of Macedonia (357 – c. 842)
- Roman Empire (357–476 AD)
- Byzantine Empire (476 – c. 846)
Theme of Dyrrhachium (c. 846–1190)
- Byzantine Empire
Principality of Arbanon (1190–1255)
- Byzantine Empire (1190–1204)
- Despotate of Epirus (1205–1255)
Despotate of Epirus (1255–1337)
Kingdom of Albania (1272–1368)
- Kingdom of Sicily
Lordship of Berat (1335–1444)
Serbian Empire (1337–1356)
Principality of Valona (1346–1417)
- Serbian Empire (1346–1355)
Despotate of Epirus (1356–1479)
Despotate of Angelokastron and Lepanto (1358–1374)
Despotate of Arta (1358–1416)
Princedom of Albania (1368–1444)
Principality of Gjirokastër (1386–1418)
Principality of Dukagjini (1387–1444)
Principality of Kastrioti (1389–1444)
Venetian Albania (1420–1797)
- Most Serene Republic of Venice
League of Lezhë (1444 – c. 1468)
Ottoman Empire (1479–1912) Independent Albania (1912–1914) Principality of Albania (1914–1925) Albanian Republic (1925–1928) Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) Kingdom of Italy (1939–1943) Albanian Kingdom (1943–1944) Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946) People's Republic of Albania (1946–1976) Socialist People's Republic of Albania (1976–1992) Republic of Albania (1992–present) |
Andorra |
Roman Republic (100–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Carolingian Empire (817–843) County of Urgell (843–1133) Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell (1133–1208) County of Foix (1208–1607/1610) Principality of Andorra (1278–present) |
Armenia |
Hayasa Azzi (1500-1290 BC) Arme Shupria (1290-1190 BC) Nairi (1114-860 BC) Urartu (860-590 BC) Achaemenid Empire (549 - 331 BC) Kingdom of Armenia (321 BC- 428 AD) Persian Armenia (428-646) Arminiya (654–884) Bagratid Armenia (884–1045) Seljuq Armenia (1071-1124) Georgian Armenia (1124-1386) Turkmen Armenia (1386-1501) Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) Ottoman Empire (1586–1828) Afsharid dynasty (1736-1796) Qajar dynasty (1789-1828) Russian Empire (1828–1917) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) Democratic Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1922) Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia (1922) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Republic of Armenia (1991–present) |
Austria |
Noricum (400-16 BC) Roman Empire (16 BC–476 AD) Francia (481–843) East Francia (843-919) Margraviate of Austria (976–1156) Duchy of Austria (1156–1453) Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804) (within the Holy Roman Empire 962–1806) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) (within the German Confederation 1815–1866) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) Republic of German-Austria (1918–1919) First Austrian Republic (1919–1934) Federal State of Austria (1934–1938) German Reich (1938–1945) Allied-occupied Austria (1945–1955) Republic of Austria (1955–present) |
Azerbaijan |
Achaemenid Empire (549 - 331 BC) Caucasian Albania (2nd century BC-705) Shirvanshah (861-1539) Kara Koyunlu (1375–1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1378–1501) Safavid Empire (1501–1736) Russian Empire (1813–1917) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920) Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1922) Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia (1922–1936) (republic of the Soviet Union) Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic[1] (1936–1991) (republic of the Soviet Union) Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–present) |
Belarus |
Kievan Rus' (862–1240) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1240–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1793) Russian Empire (1793–1917) Belarusian People's Republic (1918–1919) Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (1919) Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919) Second Polish Republic (1921-1939) Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1992) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Republic of Belarus (1991–present) |
Belgium |
Roman Republic (509–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Spain (1482–1713) but within the Holy Roman Empire Archduchy of Austria (1713–1797) within the Holy Roman Empire France (1797–1815) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830) Kingdom of Belgium (1830–present) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Duchy of Bosnia (753-1154) Banate of Bosnia (1154–1377) Kingdom of Bosnia (1377–1463) Ottoman Empire (1463-1878) Austria-Hungary (1878–1918) State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1991) Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] (1992–present) |
Bulgaria |
Thrace (1000 BC - 46 AD) First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018) Byzantine Empire (1018–1185) Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) Ottoman Empire (1396–1908) Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908) (within Ottoman Empire) Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990) Republic of Bulgaria (1990–present) |
Croatia |
Littoral Croatian Duchy (7th century-925) Kingdom of Croatia (925-1102) Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) (1102-1804) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1991) Republic of Croatia (1991–present) |
Cyprus |
Alashiya (1450-1050 BC) Assyrian Empire (811 - 669 BC) Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC) Roman Republic (509–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Byzantine Empire (476–1190) Kingdom of Cyprus (1192–1489 AD) Ottoman Empire (?–1914) Crown Colony of Cyprus (1914–1960) Republic of Cyprus (1960–present) |
Czech Republic |
Great Moravia (833-902) Duchy of Bohemia (?–1198) Kingdom of Bohemia (1198–1804 (–1918)) within the Holy Roman Empire (?–1806) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) German Reich (1939–1945) & Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) (German autonomous protectorate) Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1940) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990) Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1990–1992) Czech Republic (1993–present) |
Denmark |
Anglo-Norse Empire (1016–1035) Kalmar Union (1397–1523) Kingdom of Denmark[2] (c. 965–present) |
Estonia |
Terra Mariana (1207–1561) Swedish Empire (1561–1721) Russian Empire (1721–1918) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1940–1991) Republic of Estonia (1918–present, legal succession; de facto 1918–1940 and 1991–present)[3][4] |
Finland |
Kalmar Union (1397–1523) Swedish Empire (c. 1210–1809) Russian Empire (1809–1917) Republic of Finland (1917–present) |
France |
Roman Republic (123–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–260 AD) Gallic Empire (260-274 AD) Roman Empire (274–285 AD) Western Roman Empire(285–457 AD) Kingdom of Soissons (457–486 AD) Frankish Empire (481-800) Carolingian Empire (800–843) West Francia (843–987) Kingdom of France (987–1791) French Kingdom (1791–1792) French Republic (1792–1804) French Empire (1804–1814; 1815) Kingdom of France (1814–1815; 1815–1830) French Kingdom (1830–1848) French Republic (1848–1852) French Empire (1852–1870) French Republic (1870–1940) French State (1940–1944) French Republic[5] (1944–present) |
Georgia |
Caucasian Iberia (c. 301 BC-580)
Principality of Iberia (580-891)
- Kingdom of Iberia (mostly titular revival) (891-1008)
- Tao-Klarjeti (813-1008)
Kingdom of Georgia (1008-1465)
- Kingdom of Imereti (1455-1810)
- Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762)
- Kingdom of Kakheti (1465-1762)
- Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti (1762–1801)
Russian Empire (1801–1917) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922) (republic of the Soviet Union) Federative Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia (1922–1936) (republic of the Soviet Union) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991) (republic of the Soviet Union) Georgia (1991–present) |
Germany |
Carolingian Empire (800–843) East Francia (843–919) Kingdom of Germany (919-962) Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813) (client states of the French Empire) & Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1871) German Confederation (1815–1866) North German Confederation (1866–1871) German Reich (1871–1918) German Reich (1919–1933) & Territory of the Saar Basin (1920–1935) (French League of Nations mandate) German Reich (1934–1945) Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949) Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (1949–1990; 1990–present), West Berlin (1949–1990), Saar Protectorate (1947–1956) (French protectorate) & German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (1949–1990) Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) (Modern Germany is a continuation of the Federal Republic, it is not a successor state) |
Greece |
Roman Republic (167–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire (?–1822) Hellenic State (1822–1832) (named "Provisional Administration of Greece" from 1822–1828) Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924) Hellenic Republic (1822–1832) Kingdom of Greece (1935–1941) Hellenic State (1941–1944) (German and Italian puppet government) Kingdom of Greece (1944–1973) Hellenic Republic (1973–present) |
Hungary |
Pannonia (400 BC - 20 AD) Province of Pannonia (20-107) Hunnic Empire (370-469) Avar Khaganate (567-804) Great Moravia (833-902) Principality of Hungary (895-1000) Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) Hungarian Democratic Republic (1918–1919) Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919–1920) Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946) (1920–1946) Republic of Hungary (1946-1949) (1946–1949) People's Republic of Hungary (1949–1989) Republic of Hungary (1989–present) |
Iceland |
Icelandic Free State (930–1262) Kingdom of Norway (1262–1814) Danish Crown (1380–1944) Kalmar Union (1397–1523) Denmark–Norway (1536–1814) Kingdom of Denmark (1814–1918) Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944) Iceland (1944–present) |
Ireland |
Hibernia (300 BC - 100 AD) Connachta (357-1439 AD) Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1651) Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653–1659) Kingdom of Ireland (1659–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) Irish Free State (1922–1937) Ireland (1937–present) |
Italy |
Roman Kingdom Roman Republic (509–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) the Italian peninsula divided into many states c. 400–1861, among them the medieval Kingdom of Italy (774–1806) within the Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Savoy (1416–1713) Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Italian Republic (1946–present) |
Kazakhstan |
Golden Horde (1240s–1456) Kazakh Khanate (1456-1847) Russian Empire (1735/1860–1919) Soviet Russia (1919–1922) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Republic of Kazakhstan[1] (1991–present) |
Latvia |
Terra Mariana (1207–1583) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1583–1611) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth & Swedish Empire (1611–1721) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth & Russian Empire (1721–1772) Russian Empire (1772–1918) Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918–1920) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1940–1991) Republic of Latvia (1918–present, legal succession; de facto 1918–1940 and 1991–present)[3][4] |
Liechtenstein |
Principality of Liechtenstein (1719–present) (within the German Confederation 1815–1866) |
Lithuania |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (13th century–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) Russian Empire (1795–1918) Kingdom of Lithuania (1918) Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919) Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1940–1991) Republic of Lithuania (1918–present, legal succession; de facto 1918–1940 and 1991–present)[3][4] |
Luxembourg |
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1890) Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1890–present) |
Macedonia |
Kingdom of Macedon (860 - 146 BC) Achaemenid Empire (510 - 330 BC) Byzantine Empire (330-1204, 1261–1453) Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1346) Principality of Serbia (768-1217) & Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) Serbian Empire (1346–1371) Kingdom of Prilep (1371–1395) Ottoman Empire (1395-1913) Kingdom of Serbia (1913–1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1991) Republic of Macedonia (1991–present) |
Malta[6] |
Phoenicia (800-480 BC) Carthaginian Empire (480-218 BC) Roman province of Sicilia (218 BC-395 AD) Byzantine Empire (395-870) (occupied by the Vandals 454-464 and Goths 464-533) Abbasid Caliphate (870–909) Fatimid Caliphate (909–1091) County of Sicily (1091–1130) Kingdom of Sicily (1130–1530) Order of Saint John (1530–1798) French occupation of Malta (1798–1800), La Nazione Gozitana (1798–1801) British Protectorate of Malta (1800–1813) Crown Colony of Malta (1813–1964) State of Malta (1964–1974) Republic of Malta (1974–present) |
Moldova |
Byzantine Empire Moldavia (1359-1812) (vassal of Ottoman Empire between 1514–1812) Russian Empire (1812–1918) Kingdom of Romania (1918–1945) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1945–1991) Republic of Moldova (1991–present) |
Monaco |
Republic of Genoa (?–1297) Principality of Monaco (1297–present) |
Montenegro |
Principality of Serbia (768-1217) Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) Serbian Empire (1346–1371) Principality of Zeta (1371–1402) Serbian Despotate (1402–1540) Ottoman Empire (1540-1852) Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910) (within Ottoman Empire until 1878) Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918) Kingdom of Serbia (1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1992) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) State Union of Serbia and Montenegro[7] (2003–2006) Montenegro[8] (2006–present) |
Netherlands |
Frankish Kingdom (5th to 10th centuries), Frisian Kingdom (600-734), Duchy of (Lower) Lorraine (903–1190) & County of Holland (880-1384) Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) Seventeen Provinces (1482–1581) Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (1581–1795) Batavian Republic (1795–1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) First French Empire (1810–1813) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present) |
Norway |
Petty kingdoms of Norway (?–876) Norwegian Empire (872–1397) Anglo-Norse Empire (1016–1035) Kalmar Union (1397–1523) Denmark–Norway (1536–1814) Kingdom of Norway (1814) United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814–1905) Kingdom of Norway (1905–present) |
Poland |
Poland in the Early Middle Ages (?–1025) Kingdom of the Piasts (1025–1385) Kingdom of the Jagiellons (1385–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815) Austria-Hungary, Prussia and the Russian Empire (1795–1918) Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918) Republic of Poland (1918–1939) German Reich (1939–1944) Polish People's Republic (1944–1989) Republic of Poland (1989–present) |
Portugal |
Roman Republic (197 BC–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Suebic Kingdom (410-585) Visigothic Kingdom (418–711) Umayyad Caliphate (711-750) Emirate of Córdoba (756–868) County of Portugal, within the Kingdom of León (868–1139) Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1189) Kingdom of Portugal and Silves (1189–1191) Kingdom of Portugal (1191–1249) Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarve (1249–1471) Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (1471–1815) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1825) Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (1825–1910) Portuguese Republic (1910–present) |
Romania |
Dacia (700 - 82 BC) Dacia (82 BC - 106 AD) Roman Empire (106-271/275 AD) Wallachia (1330–1859; vassal of Ottoman Empire between 1415–1859) Moldavia (1359–1859; vassal of Ottoman Empire between 1514–1859) Romanian United Principalities (1859–1866) Principality of Romania (1866–1881) Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947) Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989) (renamed from "Romanian People's Republic" in 1965) Romania (1862–present) |
Russia |
Volga Bulgaria (7th–13th century) Khazar Khaganate (7th–10th century) Rus' Khaganate (9th century) Kievan Rus' (862–1283) Novgorod Republic (1136–1478) Vladimir-Suzdal (1157–1331; vassal of the Golden Horde 1240–1331) Golden Horde (1240–1502) Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283–1547; vassal of the Golden Horde until 1480) Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721) Russian Empire (1721–1917) Russian Republic (1917) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991) (republic of the Soviet Union 1922–1991) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Russian Federation (1991–present) |
San Marino |
Roman Republic (509–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Ostrogothic Kingdom (493–533) Byzantine Empire (533–754) Papal States (754–1600) Republic of San Marino (1600–present) |
Serbia |
Serbian Sklavinia (520s-768) Principality of Serbia (768-1217) Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) Serbian Empire (1346–1371) Moravian Serbia (1371–1402) Serbian Despotate (1402–1540) Kingdom of Serbia (1718–1739 and 1788–1791) Ottoman Empire (1540–1817) Principality of Serbia (1817–1882) Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1992) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) State Union of Serbia and Montenegro[7] (2003–2006) Republic of Serbia (2006–present) |
Slovakia |
Great Moravia (833-902) Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1804) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) (German client state) Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1940) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990) Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1990–1992) Slovak Republic (1993–present) |
Slovenia |
Holy Roman Empire (955–1806) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1943) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1946) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1991) Republic of Slovenia (1991–present) |
Spain |
Celtiberia (580 - 76 BC) Carthaginian Iberia (576 - 206 BC) Roman Republic (76–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC - 285 AD) Western Roman Empire (285-418) Visigothic Kingdom (418–711) Umayyad Caliphate (Al-Andalus) (711-756) Emirate of Córdoba (756–929) Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031)
Catalan counties
Crown of Aragon & Crown of Castile (?–1716) Kingdom of Spain (1716–1873) Spanish Republic (1873–1874) Kingdom of Spain (1873–1931) Spanish Republic (1931–1939) Kingdom of Spain (1939–present)
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Sweden |
Kalmar Union (1397–1523) Kingdom of Sweden (1523-1814) Kingdom of Sweden (Sweden in union with Norway 1814–1905) Kingdom of Sweden (1905–present) |
Switzerland |
Holy Roman Empire (?–1291) Old Swiss Confederacy (1291–1798) Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) Swiss Confederation (1803–present) |
Turkey |
Hittite Empire (1600 - 1178 BC) Phrygia (1200 - 700 BC) Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC) Roman Republic (167–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Byzantine Empire (476–1453) Seljuq Empire (1037–1194) Seljuq Sultanate of Rum (1077–1307) Karamanids (1250–1487) Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) Republic of Turkey (1923–present) |
Ukraine |
Cimmeria (1300–625 BC) Scythia (690–250 BC) Sarmatia (450 BC – 400 AD) Rus' Khaganate (838–862) Kievan Rus' (862–1240) Principality of Kiev (1132–1471) Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (1199–1349) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1349–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648) Cossack Hetmanate (1648–1764) Russian Empire (1764–1917) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1772–1918) Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921) West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1919) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1922) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Ukraine (1991–present) |
United Kingdom |
Caledonia Hibernia Roman Empire (AD 43–410) Kingdom of Cantwara, Dál Riata, Kingdom of East Anglia, Kingdom of Mercia, Kingdom of Northumbria, Pictland, Kingdom of Strathclyde, Ireland, Principality of Wales & Kingdom of Wessex Kingdom of Scotland (843–1651), Kingdom of England (927–1649) & Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541) Anglo-Norse Empire (1016–1035) Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of England & Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1651) Commonwealth of England (1649–1653) Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653–1659) Commonwealth of England (1659–1660) Kingdom of Ireland (1659–1800), Kingdom of Scotland (1659–1707) & Kingdom of England (1660–1707) Kingdom of Ireland & Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1927) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927–present) |
Vatican City |
Roman Republic (509–27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) Ostrogothic Kingdom (493–533) Byzantine Empire (533–754) Papal States (754–1798; 1799–1870) Roman Republic (1798–1799) (client state of France) Kingdom of Italy (1870–1929) (as a prisoner in the Vatican) Vatican City State (1929–present) |