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    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...
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    Lancaster Duchy of Anjou Duchy of Aquitaine Duchy of Berry Duchy of Bourbon Duchy of Brittany Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Gascony Duchy of Guyenne Duchy of Normandy...
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    Region concluded that the most representative flag was the one of the Duchy of Milan (the so-called Ducale, composed by quartering the Biscione and the...
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    The governor of Milan was a political and military office of the Duchy of Milan, the title of the representatives of the foreign sovereigns who held dominion...
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    century, Milan was one of the largest European cities and a major trade and commercial centre, as the capital of the Duchy of Milan, one of the greatest...
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    The Duchy of Savoy (Italian: Ducato di Savoia; French: Duché de Savoie) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847...
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    of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's...
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    Republic of Florence, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily. Unlike all the other Italian states, the republics of Venice...
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    Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty. List of governors of the Duchy of Milan List of mayors of Milan List of consorts of Milan Timeline of Milan Bartoš, František...
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    duchy was formally abolished as it was integrated into the new Italian state. The Duchy of Parma was created in 1545 from parts of the Duchy of Milan...
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    Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'Aquila and in the...
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    city and the symbol. Between 1395 and 1447, the Duchy of Milan used the arms of the ruling House of Visconti, the biscione, a great serpent shown devouring...
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    territories of the former Lombard Duchy of Milan, which had been ruled by the Habsburg monarchy since 1714 and together with the adjacent Duchy of Mantua by...
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    state of Montferrat had an area of 2750 km2, and consisted of two separate parts bordered by the Duchy of Savoy, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Genoa...
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  • Commune 1114–1259 Lordship of Milan 1259–1395 Duchy of Milan 1395–1447 Golden Ambrosian Republic 1447–1450 Duchy of Milan 1450–1796 Transpadane Republic...
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    Giovanni, became the count of Arona in 1445. His descendants played important roles in the politics of the Duchy of Milan and as cardinals in the Catholic...
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    campaign for the control of the Kingdom of Naples. Louis conquered the Duchy of Milan in 1500 and pushed forward to the Kingdom of Naples, which fell to...
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    Naples, the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Milan and the Florentine Republic and its successor the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Pope Hormisdas (514–523) Pope...
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    French army was led by King Francis I of France, who laid siege to the city of Pavia (then part of the Duchy of Milan within the Holy Roman Empire) in October...
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    charter. The flag used by the modern city of Milan faithfully reproduces the one used by the Duchy of Milan from 1395 to 1797, namely a white banner with...
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    first phase was fought for control of the Duchy of Milan by an alliance of Louis XII of France and the Republic of Venice against Ludovico Sforza, the...
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  • San Ildefonso. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, of which the Austrian Netherlands and the Duchy of Milan were under direct Austrian rule. Also encompassed...
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    The Duchy of Mantua (Italian: Ducato di Mantova; Lombard: Ducaa de Mantua) was a duchy in Lombardy, northern Italy. Its first duke was Federico II Gonzaga...
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  • in the Treaty of Madrid. Siege of Florence (1529–30) List of governors of the Duchy of Milan M. Galandra: The Italian Wars Arthur Hassall p.105 Cadenas...
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    War of 1535. His half-brother Giovanni Paolo reclaimed briefly the Duchy of Milan after his death, but died in the same year under mysterious circumstances...
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    acquired sovereignty over the Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily in southern Italy, as well the Duchy of Milan in northern Italy. Largely driven by...
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    Museum of Mele. One of the oldest trade guilds in the Duchy of Milan was the Università dei Merzari (a.k.a. Merciai), which was founded in the town of Paratico...
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    the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, the Duchy of Ferrara, and the Swiss. The war started with the Italienzug of Maximilian I, King of the Romans...
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    Emperor Franz I and Maria Theresa of Austria. He was the founder of the House of Austria-Este and Governor of the Duchy of Milan between 1765 and 1796. He was...
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    Insubria (category Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy)
    Classical antiquity by the Insubres; the name can also refer to the Duchy of Milan (1395–1810). For several centuries this name stood for an area stretching...
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