List of rulers of Guastalla

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Guastalla is a town in Emilia-Romagna, on the right bank of the Po River. The county of Guastalla existed from 1406 until 1746, being raised to the Ducal status in 1621. In 1456 the county was splitted, Montechiarugolo and Casei going to Pietro Guido I Torelli[1].

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[edit] Lords of Guastalla

  • Gilberto da Correggio 1307-1321
  • Simone da Correggio 1321-1346, together with
    • Guido da Correggio
    • Azzone da Correggio
    • Giovanni da Correggio
  • The Duchy of Milan 1346-1403
  • Ottone Terzi 1403-1406

[edit] Counts of Guastalla

  • Guido Torelli 1406-1428 (Count from 1428)
  • Cristoforo Torelli 1449-1490[2]
  • Guido Galeotto Torelli 1460-1479, together with
    • Francesco Maria Torelli
  • Pietro Guido II Torelli 1486-1494
  • Achille Torelli 1494-1522
  • Luisa Torelli 1552-1539
  • Ferrante I Gonzaga 1539-1557
  • Cesare I Gonzaga 1557-1575

[edit] Dukes of Guastalla

  • Ferrante II Gonzaga 1575-1630 (count until 1621)
  • Cesare II Gonzaga 1630-1632
  • Ferrante III Gonzaga 1632-1678
  • To the Duchy of Milan 1678-1693
  • Vincenzo Gonzaga 1693-1714
    • To France 1702-1704
  • Antonio Ferdinando Gonzaga 1714-1729
  • Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga 1729-1734
  • To France 1734-1738
  • Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga 1738-1746
  • To the Austrian Empire

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ The county of Montechiarugolo was acquired by Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, in 1612.
  2. ^ Divided the territory with Pietro Guido I Torelli. See County of Montechiarugolo