imola

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Imola Commune

Signoria of Imola

Establishment

January 1141: A free commune evolved in Imola in 1140.

Chronology

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1. Lombard Wars

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.

1.1.First Lombard War

Was the first of a series of conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan over the hegemony in Northern Italy.

February 1424: Imola was stormed by Milanese forces on February 14, 1424.

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.

2.1.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.

2.1.1.Borgia's War in Romagna

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

November 1499: Borgia took possession without a shot being fired (November 25).

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1255: In 1254 Bologna expelled the pro-imperial families from Imola, imposing its own direct political control over the city.

January 1279: In 1278 Pope Nicholas III reduced the expansionist ambitions of Bologna: thus the Bolognese dominion over Imola came to an end, making it a free city again.

August 1302: In 1299 Maghinardo was elected podestà of Imola, a position he held until his death in 1302. With Maghinardo's death, the Pagani dynasty died out. The city nominally returned under the dominion of the State of the Church.

January 1310: In 1309 the seat of the papacy was transferred to France (beginning of the Avignon captivity). Taking advantage of the pontiff's absence, Imola became independent.

January 1474: Subsequently, Riario gave it to his brother Girolamo, who married a daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Caterina[45]. The marriage was celebrated in 1477, when the young woman was 14 years old. Imola with its countryside constituted part of the nuptial dowry.