Duchy of Milan: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Was a signoria, and then a duchy, centered in Milan, modern-day Lombardy. It was one of the largest Italian states of the middle ages, controlling vast regions of northwestern Italy and for short periods of time also territories in Tuscany, Umbria and Piedmont. From the late 15th century, the Duchy of Milan was contested between the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of France, and despites nominally existing until 1796, it ceased to exist as an independent state in 1535.