Duchy of Florence

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Italian state duchy former state

The Duchy of Florence was a 16th-century Italian state in central Italy, ruled by the Medici family and centered on the city of Florence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian state ⓘ
duchy ⓘ
former state ⓘ
associatedWithCity Florence ⓘ
capital Florence ⓘ
capitalCity Florence ⓘ
centralCity Florence ⓘ
commonName Duchy of Florence self-link ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
conventionalLongName Duchy of Florence self-link ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currency Tuscan florin ⓘ
surface form: Florin
endDate 1569 ⓘ
establishedBy Papal bull of Pope Clement VII ⓘ
establishedUnder Pope Clement VII ⓘ
evolvedInto Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
firstRuler Alessandro de' Medici ⓘ
flagUsedIn 16th century ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
historicalRegion Tuscany ⓘ
lastRuler Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
locatedIn central Italy ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Italy ⓘ
mergedInto Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
notableRuler Alessandro de' Medici ⓘ
Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
originatedFrom Republic of Florence ⓘ
partOf Italian Peninsula ⓘ
politicalSystem ducal monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Republic of Florence ⓘ
primaryReligion Catholicism ⓘ
recognizedBy Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
regionControlled Florentine territory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler Alessandro de' Medici ⓘ
Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Medici ⓘ
rulingFamily House of Medici ⓘ
surface form: Medici family
shortLivedState true ⓘ
startDate 1532 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
titleHeldByRuler Duke of Florence ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Duchy of Florence → commonName → Duchy of Florence self-link ⓘ
Duchy of Florence → conventionalLongName → Duchy of Florence self-link ⓘ
Galileo Galilei → countryOfBirth → Duchy of Florence ⓘ
Galileo Galilei → countryOfDeath → Duchy of Florence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Niccolò Machiavelli → deathPlace → Duchy of Florence ⓘ
Republic of Florence → followedBy → Duchy of Florence ⓘ
Pope Urban VIII → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Florence ⓘ
Republic of Florence → replacedBy → Duchy of Florence ⓘ