County of Geneva
The County of Geneva, largely corresponding to the later Genevois province, originated in the tenth century, in the Burgundian Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) which fell to the Holy Roman Empire in 1032.
County of Geneva | |||||||||
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| 10th century–1401 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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Arelat (yellow) with Geneva, about 1200 | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | La Roche Annecy (1219–1320) | ||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• County established | 10th century | ||||||||
• Line extinct | 1394 | ||||||||
• Purchased by Savoy | 1401 | ||||||||
• Genevois province | 1659 | ||||||||
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