Polity Marquisate of Mantova

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Was a signoria, and later a marquisate and a duchy, of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lombardy. It was ruled by the House of Gonzaga. It ceased to exist when the last Gonzaga died without heirs in 1708.

Establishment

  • January 1434: Establishment of the Marquisate of Mantova with Gianfrancesco Gonzaga.

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. Fourth Lombard War

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

  • November 1441: Peschiera del Garda conquered by Venice.

Disestablishment

  • January 1531: Federico II Gonzaga is declared Duke of Mantova by Charles V.