List of rulers of Guastalla
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Guastalla is a town in Emilia-Romagna
, on the right bank of the Po River
. The county of Guastalla
existed from 1406 until 1746, being raised to the Ducal status in 1621. In 1456 the county was split, Montechiarugolo
and Casei going to Pietro Guido I Torelli.
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, on the right bank of the Po River
Po River
The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...
. The county of Guastalla
County of Guastalla
The County of Guastalla was a sovereign state of northern Italy centred on Guastalla. The title of count was created in 1406 for Guido Torelli: the Torelli family held Guastalla until 1539, when it was bought by Ferrante Gonzaga. Another branch held the county of Montechiarugolo until 1612...
existed from 1406 until 1746, being raised to the Ducal status in 1621. In 1456 the county was split, Montechiarugolo
County of Montechiarugolo
The County of Montechiarugolo was a small sovereign state of northern Italy which existed from 1456 to 1612. It included the other fief of Casei....
and Casei going to Pietro Guido I Torelli.
Lords of Guastalla
- Gilberto da Correggio 1307-1321
- Simone da Correggio 1321-1346, together with
- Guido da Correggio
- Azzone da Correggio
- Giovanni da Correggio
- The Duchy of MilanDuchy of MilanThe Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...
1346-1403 - Ottone Terzi 1403-1406
Counts of Guastalla
- Guido Torelli 1406-1449 (Count from 1428)
- Cristoforo Torelli 1449-1490
- Guido Galeotto Torelli 1460-1479, together with
- Francesco Maria Torelli
- Pietro Guido II Torelli 1486-1494
- Achille Torelli 1494-1522
- Ludovica TorelliLudovica TorelliLudovica Torelli was Countess of Guastalla.She was the only daughter of Achille Torelli, Count of Guastalla, who died in battle at Luzzara in 1522, making her Countess of Guastalla....
1522-1539 - Ferrante I Gonzaga 1539-1557
- Cesare I GonzagaCesare I GonzagaCesare I Gonzaga was count of Guastalla from 1557 until his death. He was a member of the House of Gonzaga, the first-born son of the imperial condottiero Ferrante Gonzaga and Isabella di Capua. From the latter he inherited also the title of Count of Amalfi. He was also Duke of Ariano and Prince...
1557-1575
Dukes of Guastalla
- Ferrante II GonzagaFerrante II GonzagaFerrante II Gonzaga was Count of Guastalla and since 1621 Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575...
1575-1630 (count until 1621) - Cesare II GonzagaCesare II GonzagaCesare II Gonzaga was Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and of Vittoria Doria.He succeeded his father in 1630, but died 2 years later....
1630-1632 - Ferrante III GonzagaFerrante III GonzagaFerrante III Gonzaga was Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Isabella Orsini.He succeeded his father in 1632....
1632-1678 - To the Duchy of Milan 1678-1693
- Vincenzo GonzagaVincenzo Gonzaga, Count of GuastallaVincenzo Gonzaga was a Duke of Guastalla.Vincenzo was the son of Andrea Gonzaga, Graf von San Paolo, and grandson of Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla....
1693-1714- To France 1702-1704
- Antonio Ferdinando Gonzaga 1714-1729
- Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga 1729-1734
- To France 1734-1738
- Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga 1738-1746
- To the Austrian EmpireAustrian EmpireThe Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
(1746–1748) - To the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla (1748–1847)
- To the Duchy of Modena (1847–1861)
- Part of ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(1861–present).