Borgia's War in Romagna
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Were a series of military campaigns by Cesare Borgia, the son of the Pope, in central Italy.
Chronology
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January 1503: Cesare Borgia, the son of pope Alexander VI, proclaimed himself duke of the city Città di Castello.
January 1501: Pesaro is conquered by Cesare Borgia.
November 1499: Borgia took possession without a shot being fired (November 25).
January 1500: Cesare Borgia besieged Caterina Sforza, who had barricaded herself in the fortress of Forlì for three weeks. On 12 January 1500 the decisive battle was bloody and fast and Caterina continued to resist fighting until she was taken prisoner.
January 1501: Faenza conquered by the Papal States.
January 1501: The Papal States conquer Rimini.
January 1502: At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, Senigallia fell briefly under the dominion of Cesare Borgia.
September 1503: In the period immediately following the First Italian War, Pope Alexander VI had extended, with French help, papal control far beyond central Italy, thus conquering Romagna. Cesare Borgia, as Gonfaloniere of the papal armies, had expelled the Bentivoglios from Bologna, who had governed as a fiefdom, and was moving towards the creation of a permanent state governed by the Borgias.
January 1504: Forlimpopoli is acquired by the Signoria of Forlì.
January 1504: In 1503, with the death of his father Pope Alexander VI, the short-lived reign of Cesare Borgia collapsed. Immediately afterwards, the families of Romagna who had been overthrown by Cesare Borgia offered to submit to the Republic of Venice on condition that they would regain their dominions over their respective cities. The Venetian Senate accepted and the Serenissima took possession of Rimini, Faenza and other places.
January 1505: With the death of his father Pope Alexander VI, the short-lived reign of Cesare Borgia collapsed
