Finale Ligure Marquisate

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Establishment

• January 1398: In 1397, the territories of Zuccarello, Finale, and Balestrino were created from the division of Clavesana. This division was orchestrated by the Marquisate of Finale Ligure, which was ruled by the Del Carretto family at the time.

Chronology

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1. Italian Wars

Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

1.1. War of the League of Cognac

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars. It was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V —primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain— and the League of Cognac, an alliance including the Kingdom of France, Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Florence.

1.1.1. French invasion of Lombardy

Was the French invasion of Lombardy during the War of the League of Cognac.

• October 1527: French forces occupy Alessandria.
• June 1529: In 1529, France suffered a defeat at the hands of the Imperial troops at Landriano, resulting in the loss of control over the Duchy of Milan, along with Lombardy and Liguria.

Disestablishment

• January 1603: Finale Ligure Marquisate enfeoffed to the King of Spain.