List of predecessors of sovereign states in Europe

This is a list of all present (de facto) sovereign states in Europe and their predecessors, according to the concept of succession of states. The political borders of Europe are difficult to define. The geographical borders between Europe and Asia are generally agreed to be the Caucasus Mountains, the Ural Mountains, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.

Sovereign state	Predecessors
Abkhazia
Albania	Illyrians (Albanoi) Illyrian Kingdom (c. 650–c. 135 BC) Roman Republic (135 BC–27 BC) Roman Empire (Macedonia) (27 BC–395) Byzantine Empire (Dyrrhachium) (395–1190/1205) Duchy of Durazzo (1205–1213) Principality of Arbanon (1190–c. 1256) Despotate of Epirus(1205–1255) Kingdom of Albania (1271–1368/ 1376–1383) Tsardom of Serbia (1346–1355) Principality of Kastrioti (1389–1444) Most Serene Republic of Venice (1420–1797) League of Lezhë (1444–c. 1468) Ottoman Empire (Arnautia) (1470–1912) Independent Albania (1912–1914) Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (1914) Republic of Central Albania (1913-1914) Principality of Albania (1914-1925) French Occupation (1916–1920) Regency of Albania (1917–1920) Albanian Republic (1925–1928) Kingdom of Albania (1928–1939) Kingdom of Greater Albania (1939–1943) Regency of Albania (1943–1944) Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946) People's Republic of Albania (1946–1976) People's Republic of Albania (1976–1991) Albania (1991–present)
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus