Ambrosian Republic

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The Ambrosian Republic was a short-lived 15th-century republican government in Milan established after the fall of the Visconti dynasty, marked by internal factional struggles and eventual conquest by Francesco Sforza.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former government
historical state
republic
capital Milan NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED
currency Milanese lira NERFINISHED
duration about three years
endCause conquest by Francesco Sforza
endTime 1450
establishedAfter death of Filippo Maria Visconti
executiveBody Council of Nine Hundred NERFINISHED
externalConflict conflict with Francesco Sforza
wars with Venice
followedBy Duchy of Milan under Francesco Sforza NERFINISHED
governmentType republican government
hadInstitution citizen militia
communal councils
historicalEra Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Renaissance NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance example of short-lived Renaissance Italian republic
transition phase between Visconti and Sforza rule in Milan
internalConflict Guelph–Ghibelline factional struggles
noble versus popular factions
keyEvent capitulation of Milan to Sforza in 1450
proclamation of the republic in Milan in 1447
siege of Milan by Francesco Sforza NERFINISHED
languageUsed Italian
Latin
Lombard NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Great Council of Milan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Italy
Lombardy
namedAfter Saint Ambrose NERFINISHED
notableLeader Carlo Gonzaga NERFINISHED
Giovanni Appiani NERFINISHED
overthrownBy Francesco Sforza NERFINISHED
partOf Italian city-states system
politicalIdeology urban republicanism
precededBy Duchy of Milan under the Visconti NERFINISHED
Visconti dynasty NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
startTime 1447
succeededBy Sforza dynasty in Milan NERFINISHED

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Filippo Maria Visconti successor Ambrosian Republic