Duchy of Milan (under Habsburg Monarchy).Grand Duchy of Tuscany (under Habsburg-Lorraine after 1737).Kingdom of Naples (under the Austrian monarchy from 1714 to 1735 in personal union with Sicily under the Bourbon-Two Sicilies thereafter).While other states such as Genoa, Savoy, Modena and Lucca remained with their governments unchanged. Southern Italy passed to a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, known as House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Some minor states in Central and Northern Italy, such as Parma and Mantua, passed to the Austrian monarchy. County of Correggio (raised to Principality of Correggio in 1616)Īfter the Wars of Succession of the 18th century įollowing the European wars of succession of the 18th century and the extinction of the House of Medici, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was ruled by the Habsburg-Lorraine.Marquisate of Castiglione (raised to Principality of Castiglione in 1609).Marquisate of Carrara (in personal union with Massa).Marquisate of Massa (raised to Principality of Massa in 1568).Marquisate of Sabbioneta (raised to Duchy of Sabbioneta in 1577). ![]() Marquisate of Masserano (raised to Principality of Masserano in 1598).Marquisate of Montferrat (raised to Duchy of Montferrat in 1574 in personal union with Mantua).Duchy of Castro (in personal union with Parma).Duchy of Modena and Reggio (In personal union with Ferrara).Kingdom of Sardinia (under Spanish rule).Parts of the north of Italy remained a part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Gonzaga in Mantua, the Este in Modena and Ferrara and the Farnese in Parma and Piacenza continued to be important dynasties. All the other Italian states remained independent, with the most powerful being the Venetian Republic, the Medici's Duchy of Tuscany, the Savoyard state, the Republic of Genoa, and the Papal States. France was in control of several fortresses and in particular of the Marquisate of Saluzzo. The kingdoms of Sicily, Sardinia, Naples (inclusive of the State of Presidi) and the Duchy of Milan were left under the control of Spanish Habsburgs. The Peace of Cateau Cambrésis ended the Italian Wars in 1559. Imperial fiefs in Italy of the Austrian Habsburgs in red borders. Possessions and Viceroyalties of the Spanish Habsburgs in yellow. Map of Italy in 1559 after the Treaties of Cateau-Cambrésis. County of Nice (in personal union with Savoy).County of Urbino (raised to Duchy of Urbino in 1443). ![]()
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