Polity Signoria of Senigallia

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Was a medieval Signoria in the modern-day Italian region of Marche.

Establishment

  • January 1463: However, the reconstruction was so expensive that Malatesta was forced to contract debts with Pope Pius II, who for this reason deprived him of possession of the city to pass it on to Antonio Piccolomini.

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. Italian War of 1499-1504

Was the second of the so-called Italian Wars. The first phase of the war was fought for control of the Duchy of Milan by an alliance of Louis XII of France and the Republic of Venice against Ludovico Sforza, the second between Louis of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon for possession of the Kingdom of Naples.

1.1.1. Borgia's War in Romagna

Were a series of military campaigns by Cesare Borgia, the son of the Pope, in central Italy.

  • January 1502: At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, Senigallia fell briefly under the dominion of Cesare Borgia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1504: With the death of his father Pope Alexander VI, the short-lived reign of Cesare Borgia collapsed

Disestablishment

  • January 1509: In fact, in the meantime (1490) Francesco Maria I Della Rovere was born from the marriage of Giovanni Della Rovere and Giovanna da Montefeltro, who will be adopted by the last duke of Montefeltro, Guidobaldo, and will unite the domains of the two families becoming Duke of Urbino in 1508 and Lord of Senigallia.