Lombard Wars
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Were a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan and their respective allies, fought in four campaigns in a struggle for hegemony in Northern Italy.
Chronology
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Was the first of a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan over the hegemony in Northern Italy.
March 1426: On March 17, 1426, Brescia revolted against Filippo Maria Visconti and became loyal to the Republic of Venice.
January 1425: Filippo Maria Visconti, the ambitious Duke of Milan, waged war against Florence, defeating it at Anghiari and Faggiuola.
January 1427: In 1425, Florence allied with Venice against Milan. In 1426, Venetian troops marched on Brescia, forcing the Duke of Milan to sign a peace treaty. Florence regained the territories occupied by Milan in 1425.
January 1427: Visconti, who had already ceded Forlì and Imola to the Pope to gain his favour, called a mediation.
February 1424: Imola was stormed by Milanese forces on February 14, 1424.
Was the second of a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan over the hegemony in Northern Italy.
June 1427: Previously a peace treaty was signed but it did not last very long. Under advice by the emperor Sigismund, Visconti refused to ratify it and the war broke out in May 1427. The Milanese were initially victorious, taking Casalmaggiore.
January 1428: Visconti managed to be reconciled with Amadeus by ceding him Vercelli and marrying his daughter, Marie of Savoy.
April 1428: Cremona became part of the Venetian Mainland in 1426 with the peace of Ferrara.
July 1427: The Venetian commander pushed him back and conquered Casalmaggiore.
Was the third of a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan over the hegemony in Northern Italy.
January 1432: Valtellina had been invaded by the Serenissima in 1431.
November 1432: In November 1432 a Venetian army was crushed by Piccinino at the Battle of Delebio by a joint army of Milan and Valtellina.
June 1433: The Peace of Ferrara was signed in May 1433. The Marquisate of Monferrato, it became a satellite state of the Duchy of Savoy.
Was the fourth of a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan over the hegemony in Northern Italy.
November 1441: Peschiera del Garda conquered by Venice.
November 1441: By the terms of the treaty ending the Fourth Lombard War, Venice was able to keep the Adda River as the boundary between its mainland possessions and the Duchy of Milan. Venice also gained Riva di Lago from Milan, as well as Lonato, Valeggio sul Mincio, Asola.
Selected Sources
Stivieri, N. (1870): Storia di Venezia: dalla sua origine fino ai giorni nostri, Milan (Italy), p. 100
Stivieri, N. (1870): Storia di Venezia: dalla sua origine fino ai giorni nostri, Milan (Italy), pp. 100-101
