Signoria of Rimini

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Was a medieval signoria located in Emilia-Romagna. It was ruled by the family of Malatesta.

Establishment

January 1296: Malatesta da Verrucchio is elected Signore of Rimini. His dynasty will rule on Rimin and part of Romagna until 1500.

Chronology

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1. Sammarinese War

Was a conflict fought between 1460 and 1463 by San Marino against the Comune of Rimini, following a dispute for the possession of some territories promised by the Pope. At the end of the war the new borders of the Republic of San Marino were fixed, remaining unchanged to this day.

June 1463: The San Marino war was a conflict fought between 1460 and 1463 by San Marino against the municipality of Rimini, following a dispute over the possession of some territories promised by the Pope. At the end of the war the Republic of San Marino reached its definitive borders, which have remained unchanged to date.

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.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.

2.1.1.Borgia's War in Romagna

Were a series of military campaigns by Cesare Borgia, the son of the Pope, in central Italy.

January 1501: The Papal States conquer Rimini.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1301: Rimini conquers Fano.

January 1351: Ascoli Piceno is conquered by Galeotto Malatesta of Rimini.

January 1354: Galeotto Malatesta of Rimini is defeated and leaves Ascoli.

January 1372: From 1371 the Malatesta also controlled Sansepolcro.

January 1379: Pope Urban VI assigned the city of Cesena to the lord of Rimini, Galeotto I Malatesta.

January 1401: Expansion of the Signoria of Rimini by 1400.

January 1405: Between 1404 and 1421, the city of Brescia was under the rule of Pandolfo III Malatesta, a prominent Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini. Malatesta was known for his military prowess and political influence in the region during the Renaissance period.

January 1408: The city of Bergamo was conquered by Pandolfo III Malatesta in 1407.

January 1420: A Ghibelline revolt brought Bergamo back under the influence of Milan.

January 1422: Brescia is acquired by the Duchy of Milan.

January 1431: Sansepolcro reverts to the Papal States.

January 1445: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, conquers Senigallia.

January 1446: Pesaro falls under the domain of the Milanese Sforza Dynasty.

January 1463: However, the reconstruction was so expensive that Malatesta was forced to contract debts with Pope Pius II, who for this reason deprived him of possession of the city to pass it on to Antonio Piccolomini.

January 1464: The Papal States submit Fano.

January 1466: Cesena returned to papal rule.

January 1470: Bertinoro falls under the control of the Ordelaffi Dynasty.