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Duchy of Milan

Historical polity, europe (1395-1796)

The Duchy of Milan (Italian: Ducato di Milano; Lombard: Ducaa de Milan) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had ruled the city since 1277. At that time, it included twenty-six towns and the wide rural area of the middle Padan Plain east of the hills of Montferrat. During much of its existence, it was wedged between Savoy to the west, Republic of Venice to the east, the Swiss Confederacy to the north, and separated from the Mediterranean by the Republic of Genoa to the south.

Facts
Capital
Milan 1
Population
1,328,000 2
Independence or Founding Year
1395 1
Dissolution or End Year
1796 1
Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
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Found There

Visconti-Sforza Tarot

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Source Visconti-Sforza Tarot (Wikipedia)Introduction [origin-region]
Quote, Introduction [origin-region]
They were commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
Sources
1. Wikidata: Duchy of Milan
Wikidata Q153529, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country)
2. Duchy of Milan (Wikipedia)
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Duchy of Milan (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Quote, Introduction
The Duchy of Milan (Italian: Ducato di Milano; Lombard: Ducaa de Milan) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had ruled the city since 1277. At that time, it included twenty-six towns and the wide rural area of the middle Padan Plain east of the hills of Montferrat. During much of its existence, it was wedged between Savoy to the west, Republic of Venice to the east, the Swiss Confederacy to the north, and separated from the Mediterranean by the Republic of Genoa to the south.

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