Polity Ventimiglia County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1040: The current historiography, more cautious having to deal with an updated critical method, does not place the birth of the county of Ventimiglia beyond the 10th century. The first names of the counts of Ventimiglia appear only in 1039.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • May 1191: Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI grants suzerainty over the area of Ventimiglia to Genoa.

Disestablishment

  • January 1259: Foundation of the County of Tenda by Guglielmo Pietro I di Ventimiglia.
  • January 1259: Passage of the Municipality of Ventimiglia under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Genoa.