Historical states of Italy
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Italy until the present era was a conglomeration of city-states and small independant nations. The following is a list of the various states that made up what we now know as Italy during the past. (rounded up to a year significant to Italian history in each case).
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[edit] Italian historical entities of the Middle Ages
[edit] States of the Holy Roman Empire
- County of Asti
- Duchy of Benevento
- Bishopric of Bressanone
- Principality of Capua
- County of Gorizia
- Kingdom of Italy
- Marche
- Duchy of Milan
- Marquisate of Montferrat
- Papal States
- Principality of Salerno
- Marquisate of Saluzzo
- Duchy of Savoy
- County of Sorano (Aldobrandeschi)
- Duchy of Spoleto
- Bishopric of Trent
- Duchy of Tuscany
[edit] Independent states
- Lombard Kingdom
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Terra Sancti Benedicti
- Patriarchy of Aquileia (Patrie dal Friûl)
[edit] Main independent communes
[edit] Duchies and other entities of former Byzantine Empire appartenance
- Duchy of Amalfi
- Duchy of Gaeta
- Duchy of Naples
- Duchy of Sorrento
- Republic of Venice
- Exarchate of Ravenna
- Trani
[edit] Italy in the year 1492
- Duchy of Savoy
- Marquisate of Saluzzo
- Marquisate of Montferrat
- County of Asti
- County of Gorizia (annexed to Austrian Empire in 1500)
- Duchy of Milan
- Republic of Venice
- Republic of Genoa
- Marquisate of Mantua
- Mirandola
- Carpi
- Principality of Correggio
- Duchy of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio (House of Este)
- Duchy of Urbino (Montefeltro)
- Duchy of Massa
- Republic of Lucca
- Republic of Florence
- Republic of Siena
- county of Pitigliano-Sorano (Orsini)
- duchy of Bracciano
- Papal States
- Duchy of Sora
- Kingdom of Naples (officially called the Kingdom of Sicily)
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Kingdom of Sardinia
[edit] Italy in the year 1559
After the Peace of Cateau - Cambresis:
- Duchy of Savoy
- Saluzzo
- Marquisate of Montferrat (Gonzaga)
- County of Asti
- Duchy of Milan (Spain)
- Republic of Venice (with Dalmatia)
- Republic of Genoa
- Duchy of Mantua (Gonzaga)
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (House of Farnese)
- Mirandola
- Lordship of Correggio
- Duchy of Ferrara
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Republic of San Marino
- Duchy of Urbino (Della Rovere)
- Duchy of Massa and Carrara (Cybo)
- Lunigiana
- Republic of Lucca
- Pietrasanta
- Duchy of Florence, Grand Duchy from 1569 (House of Medici)
- county of Pitigliano-Sorano (acquired by Tuscany in 1604)
- State of Presidi
- Piombino, Principality from 1594
- Duchy of Castro (Farnese)
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Naples (Spain)
- Kingdom of Sicily (Spain)
[edit] Italy in the year 1748
After the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
- Kingdom of Sardinia, Principality of Piedmont and Duchy of Savoy
- Duchy of Milan (direct Austrian control)
- Republic of Venice
- Duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons)
- Duchies of Modena and Reggio (House of Este)
- Papal States
- Republic of San Marino
- Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara
- Principality of Piombino
- Republic of Genoa
- Republic of Lucca
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Habsburg-Lorraine)
- Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily (in personal union under a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons)
[edit] Italy in napoleonic times (1796 - 1814)
After Napoleon invasion of Italy:
- Ligurian Republic (1796 - 1805), annexed to France
- Republic of Alba (1796 - 1801), annexed to France
- Cispadane Republic (1796 - 1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic
- Transpadane Republic (1796 - 1797), formed the Cisalpine Republic
- Republic of Bergamo (1797)
- Republic of Brescia (1797)
- Republic of Crema (1797)
- Bolognese Republic (1798)
- Cisalpine Republic (1797 - 1802) transformed into the Italian Republic
- Republic of Ancona (1797 - 1798), joined Roman Republic
- Roman Republic (1798 - 1800) capital Rome
- Tiberina Republic (1798 - 1799) capital Perugia, joined Roman Republic
- Parthenopaean Republic (1799) capital Naples
- Subalpine Republic (1800 - 1802)
- Kingdom of Etruria (1801 - 1807)
- Italian Republic (1802 - 1805)
- Principality of Lucca and Piombino
- Kingdom of Italy (1805 - 1814)
[edit] Italy in the year 1816
After the Congress of Vienna:
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (part of Austria)
- Duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (under Marie Louise, wife of Napoleon, for her lifetime. After her death in 1847, Parma and Piacenza devolve upon the House of Bourbon-Parma, Guastalla on the Duke of Modena)
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio - personal union with Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara (Austria-Este)
- Republic of San Marino
- Duchy of Lucca (under the House of Bourbon-Parma. When they return to Parma in 1847, annexed by Tuscany)
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany (House of Habsburg-Lorraine)
- Papal States
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies