The Most Serene Republic of Genoa is an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean.It begins when Genoa becomes a self-governing commune within the Regnum Italicum, and ends when it is conquered by French First Republic under Napoleon and replaced with the Ligurian Republic.

Corsicais ceded in the Treaty of Versailles of 1768.

The Ligurian Republic is annexed by the First French Empire in 1805, and its restoration is briefly proclaimed in 1814 following the defeat of Napoleon, but is ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.