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Name: forli

Type: Cluster

Start: 1182 AD

End: 1504 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Forlì Commune
  • Signoria of Forlì
  • Establishment


  • October 1182: The first list of Forlì consuls is taken from a document dated October 15, 1182.
  • Chronology


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    1. Italian Wars


    Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

    1.1.Italian War of 1499-1504

    Was the second of the so-called Italian Wars. The first phase of the war 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 second between Louis of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon for possession of the Kingdom of Naples.

    1.1.1.Borgia's War in Romagna

    Were a series of military campaigns by Cesare Borgia, the son of the Pope, in central Italy.

  • 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 1504: Forlimpopoli is acquired by the Signoria of Forlì.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1251: In 1250 Frederick II died, leaving Forlì the only spiritually pro-imperial city in Romagna. Thanks to the new political climate, Guelph Bologna became the hegemonic city of Romagna in just a few years. Forlì also fell under his rule.

  • January 1274: Bolognese control of the city of Forlì ceased in 1273.

  • September 1283: Guy de Montfort conquers Forlì for the Pope.

  • January 1301: Establishment of the Signoria of Forlì under the dominion of the powerful Ordelaffi family..

  • January 1304: The Ordelaffi family became the most powerful family of Forlì. In 1303 they were able to establish a Signoria in the city.

  • January 1334: In 1333 Cesena became the domain of the Ordelaffi family from Forlì.

  • June 1357: Their lordship of the Ordelaffi in Forlì was interrupted in 1357 by the intervention of the papal legate, Cardinal Albornoz, who managed to subjugate the city.

  • January 1362: After the surrender of Forlì to the papal troops, Forlimpopoli remained the last bastion of the Ordelaffi family. In the first months of 1361 the city eventually capitulated.

  • January 1380: Forlimpopoli was handed over by the Pope to Sinibaldo Ordelaffi (Signoria of Forlì) who started the construction work on the new city walls and fortress.

  • January 1470: Bertinoro falls under the control of the Ordelaffi Dynasty.

  • January 1471: From 1449 to 1470 Forlimpopoli was under the dominion of the Malatesta family, to then pass to that of the Ordelaffi.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1505: With the death of Antonio Ordelaffi, in 1504, and the extinction of the family, Forlimpopoli was granted by the Pope as vicariate first to the Rangoni, then to the Zampeschi.
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