Geneva

Prince-Bishopric of Geneva (1154-1534), Republic of Geneva (1534-1798, 1813-1815), Republic and Canton of Geneva (1815-present)

State of the Holy Roman Empire (1154-1648), Associate of the Swiss Confederacy (1526-1798, 1813-1815), Canton of Switzerland (1815-present)

Location: Western Switzerland

Capital City: Geneva

Government type: Ecclesiastical Monarchy (1154-1534), Oligarchic Republic (1534-1798, 1813-1815), Swiss Canton (1815-present)

Main languages: French, Franco-Provencal

Main religions: Protestant Christianity

Note: From 1032 to 1401, there was also a County of Geneva, but this is a separate state from the predecessor to the modern Swiss Canton)

Chronology

1154: Bishopric granted Imperial Immediacy

1526: Geneva becomes an associate of the Swiss Confederation

1534: Geneva adopts Protestantism, Bishopric replaced with Republic

1648: Leaves the Holy Roman Empire along with Switzerland and the other Swiss associates

1798: Annexed into France

1813: Independence restored

1815: Joins Switzerland as a full Canton of the Confederation

Currency

Denier (1154-1535)

1 Denier = 2 Obols

First Thaler (1535-1794)

1 Thaler = 3 Dicken = 96 Soles = 384 Quarts = 1152 Deniers

Genevoise (1794)

1 Genevoise = 10 Decimes

Second Thaler (1795-1798, 1813-1838)

1 Thaler = 153 Soles = 1836 Deniers

Franc (1838-1848)

1 Franc = 100 Centimes

Coins from Geneva in the collection

•1 Sol, 1825 (billon, KM#120)