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Name: Signoria of Forlì

Type: Polity

Start: 1301 AD

End: 1504 AD

Nation: forli

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Signoria of Forlì

This article is about the specific polity Signoria of Forlì 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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Was a medieval Signoria in Italy. It was located in Emilia-Romagna.

Establishment

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

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 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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Signoria of Forlì

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