Duchy of Milan

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Italian state duchy former state

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Habsburg Lombardy 1

Statements (84)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pope Pius IV → birthPlace → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Pope Pius V → birthPlace → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy → borderedBy → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Francesco Borromini → citizenship → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Cesare Beccaria → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Pope Pius IV → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Northern Italy → historicallyPartOf → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → monarchOf → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Accademia dei Pugni → operatedInRegion → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Habsburg Lombardy
Italian Wars → participant → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Claudio Monteverdi → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
House of Habsburg → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Charles I of Spain → territoryRuled → Duchy of Milan ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → transferredTerritory → Duchy of Milan ⓘ