Historical states of Italy
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The following is a list of the various states that made up what we now know as Italy during past eras (rounded up to a year significant to Italian history in each case).
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Contents
- 1 Italian historical entities of the Middle Ages
- 1.1 States of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1.2 Independent states
- 1.3 Main independent communes
- 1.4 Duchies and other entities of former Byzantine Empire appartenance
- 2 Italy in the year 1492
- 3 Italy in the year 1559
- 4 Italy in the year 1748
- 5 Italy in napoleonic times (1796 - 1814)
- 6 Italy in the year 1816
Italian historical entities of the Middle Ages
States of the Holy Roman Empire
- Bishopric of Bressanone
- Bishopric of Trento
- County of Asti
- Duchy of Benevento
- Duchy of Milan
- Duchy of Salerno
- Duchy of Spoleto
- Duchy of Tuscany
- Kingdom of Italy
- Marche
- Marquisate of Saluzzo
- Marquisate of Montferrat
- Papal States
- Principate of Capua
- Duchy of Savoy
Independent states
- Lombard Kingdom
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Patriarchy of Aquileia (Patrie dal Friƻl)
Main independent communes
Duchies and other entities of former Byzantine Empire appartenance
- Duchy of Amalfi
- Duchy of Gaeta
- Duchy of Naples
- Duchy of Sorrento
- Duchy of Venice
- Exarchate of Ravenna
- Trani
Italy in the year 1492
- Duchy of Savoy
- Marquisate of Saluzzo
- Marquisate of Montferrat
- County of Asti
- Duchy of Milan
- Republic of Venice
- Republic of Genoa
- Marquisate of Mantua
- Mirandola
- Carpi
- Correggio
- Duchy of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio (House of Este)
- Duchy of Massa
- Republic of Lucca
- Republic of Florence
- Republic of Siena
- Papal States
- Duchy of Sora
- Kingdom of Naples
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Kingdom of Sardinia
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
- , 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)
- State of Presidi
- Piombino, Principality from 1594
- Duchy of Castro (Farnese)
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Naples (Spain)
- Kingdom of Sicily (Spain)
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)
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)
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
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