Giorgio Carbone (born 1936) is an Italian who claims to be head of state of the Principality of Seborga, a micronation whose extent is the Italian town of that name, but whose independent status is not recognised outside of Seborga. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state The Principality of Seborga is a Micronation located in the northwestern Italian region of Liguria, near the French border and in sight Micronations &mdash sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects &mdash are entities that resemble independent Nations or He has assumed the title of Giorgio I, Prince of Seborga. [1][2]
In the early 1960s Carbone, the head of the local flower-growers co-operative, began promoting the idea that Seborga retained its historic independence as a principality. [3] By 1963 the people of Seborga were convinced of these arguments and elected Carbone as their Head of State. Henceforth he was to be known as Giorgio I, Prince of Seborga. Carbone is known locally as 'Sua Tremendita' or 'Your Tremendousness'. [4]
He made a rare TV appearance in the 2005 BBC programme How to Start Your Own Country Episode 3 "For King and Country".
In January 2006 Carbone announced that he would abdicate on reaching the age of 70, apparently as a result of a row over rebuilding the village centre, but he failed to follow through on his promise. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning renouncing from ab, away from and dicare, to declare to proclaim as not belonging to one [5] Even so, this decision was the subject of a feature on the BBC World Service radio programme World Today on 25 January 2006. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate [6]
In June 2006 a power struggle arose when a woman calling herself "Princess Yasmine von Hohenstaufen Anjou Plantagenet", who claims to be the rightful heir to the throne of Seborga, wrote to Italy's president offering to return the principality to the state. Princess is the feminine form of Prince (from Latin Princeps, meaning principal citizen Yasmine von Hohenstaufen Anjou Plantagenet claims to be a descendant of 13th century Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. [4]
References
- ^ " Prince of the piazza ", Anthony Peregrine, The Daily Telegraph, December 1999
- ^ "Noel Gallagher is my choice for monarch", Caitlin Moran, The Times, 30 January 2006
- ^ "Prince of Seborga fights on for 362 subjects", Italy Magazine, 15 June 2006
- ^ a b "Battle rages for His Tremendousness's throne", Malcolm Moore, Daily Telegraph, 13 June 2006
- ^ "Wanted: prince to rule village", Richard Owen, The Times, 24 January 2006
- ^ "The best of the World Today", BBC, 16 January 2006
| Preceded by New office |
Rulers of Principality of Seborga Giorgio I 1963 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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