Treaty of Versailles (1768)

[1] A German adventurer, Theodore von Neuhof, briefly became King of Corsica in 1736, supported by the Dutch Republic and Great Britain, which already possessed Menorca and Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1755, a full-fledged Corsican Republic was founded under Pasquale Paoli, and in 1764 Genoa asked France to send troops to the island.

[1] In the Treaty of Versailles, Genoa had no option but to put Corsica in pledge to France, to repay its debts.

However, the treaty also established that France would return to Genoa the possession of neighboring Capraia island, previously occupied by the Corsican Republic.

France gained full military control of the island following the Battle of Ponte Novu in 1769,[4] and until the French Revolution, the island was considered the personal possession of the King.