State

Duchy of Milan

former duchy in Italy (1395–1447; 1450–1796)

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1395–1797
Founded
1395
Ended
1797
Capital
Milan
Government
monarchy, absolute monarchy
Languages
Lombard, Italian
Religion
Catholic Church
Preceded by
Golden Ambrosian Republic
Succeeded by
province of MilanGolden Ambrosian Republic

Overview

The Duchy of Milan (Italian: Ducato di Milano; Lombard: Ducaa de Milan) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had ruled the city since 1277. At that time, it included twenty-six towns and the wide rural area of the middle Padan Plain east of the hills of Montferrat. During much of its existence, it was wedged between Savoy to the west, Republic of Venice to the east, the Swiss Confederacy to the north, and separated from the Mediterranean by the Republic of Genoa to the south. The duchy was at its largest at the beginning of the 15th century, at which time it included almost all of what is now Lombardy and parts of what are now Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany, and Emilia-Romagna.

Excerpt from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

All rulers (10)

  1. Gian Galeazzo Visconti1395–1402
  2. Gian Maria Visconti1402–1412
  3. Filippo Maria Visconti1412–1447
  4. Francesco I Sforza1450–1466
  5. Galeazzo Maria Sforza1466–1477
  6. Gian Galeazzo Sforza1476–1494
  7. Ludovico Sforza1494–1500
  8. Maximilian Sforza1512–1515
  9. Francesco II Sforza1521–1524
  10. Francesco II Sforza1525–1535

Records (44)

  1. 1363 — Battle of CanturinoBattle
  2. 1397 — Battle of GovernoloBattle
  3. 1402 — Battle of CasalecchioBattle
  4. 1404–1405 — War of PaduaWar
  5. 1420 — Battle of MontichiariBattle
  6. 1422 — Battle of ArbedoBattle
  7. 1423–1454 — Wars in LombardyWar
  8. 1423–1424 — War of L'AquilaWar
  9. 1427 — Battle of MaclodioBattle
  10. 1427 — Battle of CremonaBattle
  11. 1429–1430 — Siege of LuccaSiege
  12. 1432 — Battle of DelebioBattle
  13. 1434 — Battle of Castel BologneseBattle
  14. 1437–1442 — Siege of NaplesSiege
  15. 1448 — Battle of CaravaggioBattle · Milan ▸ Venice
  16. 1452 — First Siege of PontevicoSiege
  17. 1453 — Third Siege of PontevicoSiege
  18. 1453 — Second Siege of PontevicoSiege
  19. 1460 — Siege of KastritzaSiege
  20. 1478–1480 — Pazzi WarWar
  21. 1478 — Battle of GiornicoBattle · Switzerland ▸ Milan
  22. 1487 — Battle of CrevolaBattle
  23. 1494–1495 — Italian War of 1494–1495War
  24. 1495 — Siege of NovaraSiege
  25. 1495 — Battle of FornovoBattle · France ▸ Milan, Venice
  26. 1500 — Battle of NovaraBattle · Austria ▸ Piedmont, Polish Volunteers
  27. 1508–1516 — War of the League of CambraiWar
  28. 1512 — Battle of PaviaBattle
  29. 1513 — Battle of NovaraBattle
  30. 1513–1514 — Siege of CremaSiege
  31. 1515 — Battle of MarignanoBattle
  32. 1522 — Battle of BicoccaBattle
  33. 1522 — Siege of GenoaSiege
  34. 1522 — Siege of PaviaSiege
  35. 1523 — Siege of MilanSiege
  36. 1523–1524 — Siege of AronaSiege
  37. 1524–1525 — Siege of PaviaSiege
  38. 1525 — Battle of PaviaBattle
  39. 1526–1530 — War of the League of CognacWar
  40. 1528 — Siege of LeccoSiege
  41. 1529 — Battle of LandrianoBattle · Spain ▸ France
  42. 1636 — Battle of TornaventoBattle
  43. 1706 — Siege of PaviaSiege
  44. 1733–1734 — Siege of MilanSiege

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