Christopher Columbus was a citizen of a monarchy.
Christopher Columbus . A citizen of the Republic of Genoa , under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean . The Republic of Genoa ( Repúbrica de Zêna / re ` pybrika ` de ` ze : na / , Latin : Res Publica Ianuensis , Repubblica di Genova ) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast , incorporating Corsica from 1347 to 1768 , and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean .