Duchy of Modena and Reggio

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Duchy of Modena and Reggio
  • Ducatus Mutinae et Regii (
    Emilian
    )
1452–1796
1814–1859
Coat of arms used from 1830 until 1859 of Modena and Reggio
Coat of arms used from 1830 until 1859
Motto: Dextera Domini exaltavit me
(
Latin for 'The right hand of the Lord ‘has’ exalted me')
Anthem: Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
(From 1815)
"God Save Emperor Francis"


Royal anthem
"Popular Hymn"
(
 
• 1452–1471
Borso d'Este (first)
• 1846–1859
Francesco V (last)
Historical era
Early modern era
• Created
1452
1796
• Re-established
1814
• Merged to form the United Provinces of Central Italy
1859
Population
• Estimate
605,000[2]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Italy (HRE)
Duchy of Mirandola
County of Novellara and Bagnolo
Duchy of Ferrara
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Duchy of Massa and Carrara
Marquisate of Fosdinovo
Duchy of Guastalla
Cispadane Republic
Cispadane Republic
United Provinces of Central Italy
Today part ofItaly

The Duchy of Modena and Reggio (

Emilian: Duchêt ed Mòdna e Rèz[3]) was an Italian state created in 1452 located in Northwestern Italy, in the present day region of Emilia-Romagna. It was ruled since its establishment by the noble House of Este, and from 1814 by the Austria-Este branch of the family.[4] The Este dynasty was a great sponsor of the arts, making the Duchy a cultural reference during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.[5][6]

House of Este

In 1452 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III offered the duchy to

Borso d'Este, whose family had ruled the city of Modena and nearby Reggio Emilia for centuries. Borso in 1450 had also succeeded his brother as margrave in the adjacent Papal Duchy of Ferrara, where he received the ducal title in 1471. The Este lands on the southern border of the Holy Roman Empire with the Papal States
formed a stabilizing buffer state in the interest of both.

Ducal Palace of Modena

The first Este dukes ruled well and the city achieved an economic and cultural peak: Borso's successor Duke

Cesare d'Este; however, the succession was not acknowledged by Pope Clement VIII
and Ferrara was finally seized by the Papacy. Cesare was able to retain Modena and Reggio as Imperial fiefs.

In the 1628

Rinaldo was ousted by French troops under Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, he could not return until 1707. In 1711 the small Duchy of Mirandola was absorbed by the Este. His successor Francesco III backed France in the 1740 War of the Austrian Succession and was expelled by Habsburg forces, but his duchy was restored by the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
.

In 1796 Modena was again occupied by a French army under

Ferdinand of Austria, an uncle of Emperor Francis II
.

House of Austria-Este

With the dissolution of the

Napoleon I after the Battle of Waterloo, Ferdinand's son, Francis IV, again assumed the rule as Duke of Modena. In December 1815 he obtained the transfer from his mother Maria Beatrice d'Este of the former imperial fiefs in Lunigiana, not reconstituted by the Congress of Vienna and bestowed upon her, and, on her death in 1829, he also inherited the territories of Duchy of Massa and Carrara belonging to her suo jure
.

In the course of the

, but soon returned.

During the

Parma to form the "United Provinces of Central Italy", which were annexed to the growing Kingdom of Sardinia in March 1860, which led the Italian unification movement, which further led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
in 1861.

Provinces of the Duchy before the dissolution

Traditional titles

The Duke of Modena was:[7]

Knighthood orders

The

Duke of Modena, since Francis V
, was Grand Master of the :

Historical flags and coat of arms

  • Before 1830
  • State flag (1452–1830)
    State flag (1452–1830)
  • Coat of arms (1452–1830)
    Coat of arms (1452–1830)
  • After 1830
  • Civil flag and Civil ensign 1830–1859
    Civil flag and Civil ensign 1830–1859
  • State flag 1830–1859
    State flag 1830–1859
  • 1830–1859
    1830–1859

See also

References

  1. ^ L'Aşèj Balsâmich
  2. ^ Mariani. Almanacco etrusco cronologico statistico mercantile (in Italian). pp. 214–215.
  3. ^ Francesco III d'Este
  4. . Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  5. ^ Costa, Carla. "Modena barocca". baroque, arte e cultura nel periodo barocco (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  6. ^ "Gli Este. Rinascimento e Barocco a Ferrara e Modena - S. Casciu - M. Toffanello - Libro - Franco Cosimo Panini - Arte estensi | IBS". www.ibs.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  7. ^ "Modena Ducale – Associazione "Legittimismo Estense"". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  8. ^ Star Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine;
  9. ^ Sash & Star