Signoria of Bologna

This article is about the specific polity Signoria of Bologna and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Bologna became a Signoria (practically a domain) under the Bentivoglio family, in 1401. It was located in Emilia-Romagna.

Establishment

January 1402: In 1401, the family destined to dominate the political life of Bologna for the entire 15th century emerged: the Bentivoglios.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

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.

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.