Historical states of Italy

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Italy until the present era was a conglomeration of city-states and small independent 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] Antiquity

[edit] Middle Ages

[edit] States of the Holy Roman Empire

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[edit] Independent states

[edit] Main independent communes

[edit] Duchies and other entities of former Byzantine Empire appartenance

[edit] Italy in the year 1494

Before the beginning of the Italian Wars

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Italy in 1494. Not all minor states are shown.

[edit] Italy in the year 1559

After the Peace of Cateau - Cambresis:

[edit] Italy in the year 1659

After the treaty of the Pirenees

  • Kingdom of Naples (to Spain until 1707; to Austria from 1707 to 1734 then under a junior branch of the Spanish Bourbons
  • Kingdom of Sicily (to Spain until 1707; to Austria 1707-1714 and 1720-1734; to Savoy 1714-1720; in personal union with Naples thereafter)
  • Kingdom of Sardinia (to Spain until 1714; to Austria 1714-1720; in personal union with Savoy thereafter)
  • Papal States
  • Granduchy of Tuscany (Medici until 1737; Habsburg-Lorraine thereafter)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
  • Prince-Bishopric of Trent
  • Duchy of Savoy (Savoia)
  • Duchy of Montferrat (to Mantua until 1707, then to Savoy)
  • Duchy of Milan (to Spain until 1706, then to Austria; the union of Milan and Mantua in 1737 created the Austrian Lombardy)
  • Duchy of Mantua (Gonzaga until the imperial confiscation in 1707, then to Austria; Austrian Lombardy from 1737)
  • Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Farnese until 1731; Bourbons 1731-1734; to Austria 1734-1748 then to a junior branch of the Spanish Bourbons)
  • Duchy of Guastalla (Gonzaga of Guastalla until their extinction in 1746; in personal union with Parma from 1748)
  • Duchy of Mirandola (Pico until the imperial confiscation in 1707; to Austria 1707-1711; to Modena from 1711)
  • Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Este)
  • Principality of Masserano (Ferrero-Fieschi; sold to Savoy in 1767)
  • Principality of Castiglione (Gonzaga of Castiglione; confiscated by the Emperor 1691)
  • Principality of Massa (Cybo-Malaspina; duchy from 1664; in personal union with Modena from 1731)
  • Principality of Piombino (Ludovisi until 1733, Boncompagni-Ludovisi thereafter)
  • County of Novellara (Gonzaga of Novellara until their extinction in 1728; to Modena from 1737)
  • Stato Landi (Landi until 1679, Doria 1679-1682, then to Parma)
  • Imperial Fiefdoms
  • Valtelline, Chiavenna and Bormio (under the Grisons)
  • State of Presidi (to Naples)
  • Republic of Venice
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Republic of Lucca
  • Republic of S.Marino

[edit] Italy in the year 1796

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Italy before Napoleonic invasion (1796).

Before the Napoleonic period



[edit] Italy in Napoleonic times (1796 - 1814)

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Italy in Napoleonic times (1796).


After Napoleon’s invasion of Italy:

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Northern Italy in January 1796

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French départments of Italy

[edit] Italy in the year 1816

After the Congress of Vienna:

[edit] Italy in the year 1861

After the unification

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