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Kingdom of Cyprus | |||||||||
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| 1489–1571 | |||||||||
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| Status | Colony of the Republic of Venice | ||||||||
| Capital | Nicosia | ||||||||
| Captain General | |||||||||
• 1570–1571 | Marco Antonio Bragadin | ||||||||
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• Established | 1489 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1571 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | CY | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Cyprus Northern Cyprus Akrotiri and Dhekelia | ||||||||
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The island of Cyprus was an overseas possession of the Republic of Venice from 1489, when the independent Kingdom of Cyprus ended, until 1571, when the island was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.