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Name: Duchy of Massa and Carrara

Type: Polity

Start: 1665 AD

End: 1829 AD

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Was a Duchy that controlled the cities of Massa and Carrara. It was inglobated into the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in 1829.

Establishment


  • January 1665: Foundation of the Duchy of Massa-Principality of Carrara.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.War of the Sixth Coalition

    Was a war between France and a a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, and a number of German States. The coalition emerged after the decimation of the French army in the French invasion of Russia. The coalition ultimately invaded France and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.

  • May 1814: The Duchy of Massa in 1814, following the Congress of Vienna, at the time of its maximum expansion after the acquisition of some of the former Malaspina fiefdoms of Lunigiana, assigned the following year to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.

  • 1.1.1.Treaty of Paris (1814)

    Was the treaty that ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

  • May 1814: The Duchy of Massa and Carrara is restored after the Napoleonic Wars.

  • 1.2.Congress of Vienna

    Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.

  • June 1815: According to the Congress of Vienna, the Marches of Tresana, Mulazzo, Castevoli-Villafranca, Rocchetta-Suvero and Aulla-Podenzana are ceded to the Duchy of Modena-Reggio.
  • June 1815: According to the Congress of Vienna and because of the end of the Principality of Lucca-Piombino, the Duchy of Massa/Principality of Carrara is restored under the rule of Maria Beatrice d'Este.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1791: The Duchy of Modena-Reggio conquers Massa and Carrara.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1830: After the death of Maria Beatrice d'Este the Duchy of Massa-Carrara is annected to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.
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