Duchy of Milan

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The Duchy of Milan was a powerful late medieval and Renaissance state in northern Italy, centered on the city of Milan and long contested by major European powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian state
duchy
former state
abolishedBy French Revolutionary Wars
Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Italy
capital Milan
coatOfArms Visconti serpent
surface form: biscione serpent of Milan

imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire
contestedBy Duchy of Savoy
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Spain
Republic of Venice
continent Europe
country Italy
createdBy Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
currency Milanese ducat
Milanese lira
economicBase agriculture
textile production
trade
elevatedFrom Milano
surface form: Comune of Milan

Lordship of Milan
endTime 1797
firstRuler Gian Galeazzo Visconti
foundedBy Gian Galeazzo Visconti
governmentForm feudal monarchy
hereditary monarchy
historicalCapitalRegion Lombardy
historicalEra Early modern period
Late Middle Ages
Renaissance
importantConflict Italian Wars
surface form: Italian War of 1494–1498

Italian War of 1521–1526
Italian Wars
League of Cambrai
surface form: War of the League of Cambrai
inceptionEvent elevation of Milan to a duchy
knownFor Renaissance art patronage
banking and finance
military power
languageUsed Italian
Latin
Lombard
laterControlledBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Spanish Empire
locatedIn Po Valley
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy
majorCity Bergamo
Brescia
Como
Cremona
Lodi
Milan
Pavia
notableBuilding Sforza Castle
surface form: Castello Sforzesco

Milan Cathedral
notableRuler Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Filippo Maria Visconti
Francesco Sforza
Ludovico Sforza
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler)
surface form: Maria Theresa of Austria

Maximilian Sforza
Philip II of Spain
partOf Holy Roman Empire
patronOf Donato Bramante
Leonardo da Vinci
precededBy Lordship of Milan
regionToday Lombardy
religion Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty House of Habsburg
House of Habsburg
surface form: House of Habsburg-Lorraine

House of Sforza
House of Orléans-Longueville
surface form: House of Valois-Orléans

House of Visconti
startTime 1395
strategicImportance control of Alpine passes
control of Po Valley trade routes
succeededBy Cisalpine Republic
successorState Cisalpine Republic
suzerain Holy Roman Emperor
treatyAffectedBy Treaty of Cambrai
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
Treaty of Madrid (1526)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Savoy borderedBy Duchy of Milan
Treaty of Utrecht transferredTerritory Duchy of Milan
Charles I of Spain territoryRuled Duchy of Milan
House of Habsburg ruledTerritory Duchy of Milan
Philip II of Spain monarchOf Duchy of Milan
Cesare Beccaria countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
Italian Wars participant Duchy of Milan
Pope Pius IV countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
Pope Pius IV birthPlace Duchy of Milan
Northern Italy historicallyPartOf Duchy of Milan
Francesco Borromini citizenship Duchy of Milan
Claudio Monteverdi placeOfBirth Duchy of Milan
Pope Pius V birthPlace Duchy of Milan
Duke of Milan country Duchy of Milan
Republic of Florence conflictWith Duchy of Milan
League of Cambrai hasMember Duchy of Milan
Sack of Rome (1527) opposedBy Duchy of Milan
Prospero Colonna opponent Duchy of Milan
Habsburg Spain hasPart Duchy of Milan
Accademia dei Pugni operatedInRegion Duchy of Milan
this entity surface form: Habsburg Lombardy
Duchy of Parma createdFrom Duchy of Milan
Saint Charles Borromeo birthCountry Duchy of Milan
subject surface form: Charles Borromeo
Saint Charles Borromeo countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
subject surface form: Charles Borromeo
Alessandro Volta countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
Alessandro Volta placeOfBirth Duchy of Milan
Holy League against France hasMember Duchy of Milan
Giovanni Angelo birthPlace Duchy of Milan
Giovanni Angelo citizenship Duchy of Milan
Margherita Medici countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
War of the League of Cognac formedBy Duchy of Milan
Milanese scudo usedIn Duchy of Milan
Ferdinand I of Naples ally Duchy of Milan
Battle of Fornovo belligerent Duchy of Milan
Teatro Regio Ducale locatedIn Duchy of Milan
Teatro Regio Ducale ownedBy Duchy of Milan
this entity surface form: Ducal authorities of Milan
Battle of Agnadello region Duchy of Milan
Battle of Marignano country Duchy of Milan
Battle of Marignano belligerent Duchy of Milan
Battle of Pavia (1525) country Duchy of Milan
Battle of Pavia (1525) belligerent Duchy of Milan
Clelia Serbelloni placeOfOrigin Duchy of Milan