Duchy of Ferrara

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Was a medieval duchy in northern Italy. It was ruled by the House of Este, until its annexation by the Papal States.

Establishment

January 1472: Borso d'Este receives also the title of Duke of Ferrara from pope Paul II.

Chronology

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1. War of Ferrara

Was a war between the Signoria (Lordship) of Ferrara and an alliance of Italian states that included The Republic of Venice and the Papal States.

June 1482: Siege of Ficarolo, which capitulated on 29 June, by Venetian forces.

July 1482: In 1482, the Republic of Venice, led by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, launched an attack from Ravenna, a city under their control, towards Argenta. The Venetian forces successfully captured Argenta from the southeast during this military campaign.

November 1482: The Venetians, led by Doge Agostino Barbarigo and General Roberto Sanseverino, launched a military campaign against Ferrara, ruled by Duke Ercole I d'Este. The siege ended in December 1482 with Ferrara surrendering to Venice.

November 1482: Under pressure from the Duke of Milan Lodovico il Moro who feared that the Serenissima could become too powerful and therefore dangerous for the Duchy of Milan, the Pope decided to put an end to the War of Ferrara on his part and on November 28 1482 stipulated a truce, which was followed by peace on December 12.

1.1.Peace of Bagnolo

Was a treaty that ended the War of Ferrara. Ferrara lost all its territories north ot the Po river to Venice.

August 1484: With the peace of Bagnolo, Venice kept almost all the conquered possessions. Ercole I d'Este regained Ariano, Corbola, Adria, Melara, Castelnuovo and Ficarolo, but lost all the other territories north of the Po.

2. 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.

2.1.War of the League of Cambrai

Was one of the so-called Italian wars.

2.1.1.First Phase - The league of Cambrai

Was the first phase of the War of the League of Cambrai, one of the so-called Italian Wars.

2.1.1.1.Venetian Counterattack (War of the League of Cambrai)

Was the Venetian counterattack against the invasion of its territories by Louis XII of France.

January 1510: The city of Adria was conquered by Venice after 1509.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1483: During the events of the Salt War, the Venetians definitively entered Rovigo in 1482, and apart from the interlude of the League of Cambrai (1508-1511) they maintained its dominion for about three centuries.