Duchy of Montferrat
Duchy of Montferrat Ducato del Monferrato (Italian) | |||||||||
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| 1574–1708 | |||||||||
| Status | Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||
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• 1574–1587 | Guglielmo Gonzaga (first duke) | ||||||||
• 1665–1708 | Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Treaty of Utrecht | 1713 | |||||||
| Currency | Cavallotto, Ducat | ||||||||
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The Duchy of Montferrat was a
Margaret of Montferrat, to the House of Gonzaga, already dukes of Mantua. In 1574 the fief was elevated from Marquisat to Duchy.[1]
Its territory, located in southern Piedmont, is still known today as Montferrat.[2][3]
At that time, the state of Montferrat had an area of 2750 km2, and consisted of two separate parts bordered by the Duchy of Savoy, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Genoa. Its capital was Casale Monferrato.
With the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–1631), a piece of the duchy passed to Savoy; the remainder passed to Savoy in 1708, as Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, gained possession of the principal Gonzaga territory, the Duchy of Mantua.
See also
- Rulers of Montferrat, for a list of margraves and dukes
References
- "Casale Monferrato". Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary Merriam-Webster, 1997 pg. 219
- ^ wp_1307569 (2017-06-29). "Il ducato di Mantova". Marchesi del Monferrato (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hetter, Katia. "UNESCO's newest World Heritage Sites". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Medievale, Italia (2017-04-08). "Facciamo chiarezza sulle origini del Monferrato Storico". Italia Medievale (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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