Signoria of Imola

This article is about the specific polity Signoria of Imola 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 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.

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.

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