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Guastalla Guastalla ( Guastallese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Geography Guastalla is situated in the Po Valley, and lies on the banks of the Po River. Guastalla is located at around from the citi ...

, a town in

Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, on the right bank of the

Po River The Po ( , ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy, starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is , or if the Maira (river), Maira, a right bank tributary, is included. The headwaters of the Po are forme ...

. The

County of Guastalla The County of Guastalla () was an Italian state, centered on the city of Guastalla in Northern Italy, which existed from 1428 to 1621, when it was then elevated to a Duchy. History The title of count was conferred in 1428 on Guido Torelli f ...

was established in 1406 for the Torelli family. In 1456, the county was partitioned, with

Montechiarugolo Montechiarugolo ( Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Parma. Montechiarugolo borders the following municipalities: ...

and Casei going to Pietro Guido I Torelli. The County of Guastalla was raised to ducal status in 1621, when it became the

Duchy of Guastalla The Duchy of Guastalla () was an Historical states of Italy, Italian state which existed between 1621 and 1748. It was bordered by the Duchy of Modena and Reggio and the Po River to the north, on the opposite bank of the Duchy of Mantua. Its place ...

Lords of Guastalla

*Gilberto da Correggio 1307-1321 *Simone da Correggio 1321-1346, together with: **Guido da Correggio **Azzone da Correggio **Giovanni da Correggio *''To the

Duchy of Milan The Duchy of 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 of Milan, Visconti family, which had been ruling the city since 1277. At that time, ...

'' 1346-1403 * Ottone Terzi 1403-1406

Counts of Guastalla

* Guido Torelli 1406-1449 (Count from 1428) * Cristoforo Torelli 1449-1490Divided the territory with Pietro Guido I Torelli. See

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. It was created from a splitting in the county of Guastalla between count Cristoforo Torelli and Pi ...

Guido Galeotto Torelli Guido is a given name. It has been a male first name in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, as well as other places with migration from those. Regarding origins, there ...

1460-1479, together with: **Francesco Maria Torelli * Pietro Guido II Torelli 1486-1494 * Achille Torelli 1494-1522 *

Ludovica Torelli Ludovica Torelli (26 September 1500 – 28 October 1569) was ruling Countess of Guastalla in 1522–1539. A philanthropist, she was instrumental in the founding of two religious institutes for woman: the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul and the Guasta ...

1522-1539 *

Ferrante I Gonzaga Ferrante I Gonzaga (also Ferdinando I Gonzaga; 28 January 1507 – 15 November 1557) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga and the founder of the branch of the Gonzaga of Guastalla. Biography Ferrante was born in Mantua ...

1539-1557 *

Cesare I Gonzaga Cesare I Gonzaga (1530 – 15 February 1575) 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 in ...

1557-1575 *

Ferrante II Gonzaga Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 6 August 1630) was count and, from 1621, duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, count of Guastalla and duke of Amalfi, and Donna Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575. On 2 July 1621, t ...

1575-1630 (Count until 1621, then Duke)

Dukes of Guastalla

1575-1630 (Count before 1621) *

Cesare II Gonzaga Cesare II Gonzaga (Mantua, 1592 – 26 February 1632) 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. From 1630 to ...

1630-1632 *

Ferrante III Gonzaga Ferrante III Gonzaga (4 April 1618 – 11 January 1678), was a Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Isabella Orsini. Life Ferrante succeeded his father in 1632. In 1638 he sold all th ...

1632-1678 *''To the

'' 1678-1693 **

Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (31 August 1652 – 5 July 1708) was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga. Biography Born in Revere, In 1665 Ferdinand Charles rec ...

1678-1693 *

Vincenzo Gonzaga Vincenzo Gonzaga may refer to: *Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562–1612) *Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594–1627) *Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria (1602–1694), known in Italian as Vincenzo Gonzaga Doria *Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Gua ...

1693-1714 **''To

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

'' 1702-1704 *

Antonio Ferdinando Gonzaga Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga (9 December 1687 – 16 April 1729) was the reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga. Early life He was the son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and his second wife, who was also his cousin ...

1714-1729 *

Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga Giuseppe Gonzaga (20 March 1690 – 16 August 1746) was the last reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga. Early life He was the second son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and his second wife, Princess Maria Vitto ...

1729-1746 **''To France'' 1734-1738 *''To the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...

'' (1746–1748) *''To the

Duchy of Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (, ) was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna. Originally a realm of the Farnese family after Pope Paul III made it a hereditary duchy for his son ...

'' (1748–1806; under French occupation from 1801) **

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

1748-1765 ** Ferdinand I 1765-1802 *

Pauline Bonaparte Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese (, ; 20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825), better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. She was th ...

(March–August 1806), together with: ** Camillo Borghese *''To the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

'' (1806-1814) *''To the restored

'' (1814–1847) **

Marie Louise Marie Louise or Marie-Louise is a French feminine given name, compound given name. In other languages, it may take one of several alternate forms: * Maria Luiza (Bulgarian, Portuguese) * Maria Luisa (Italian, Spanish) * Maria Luise (German) * Mari ...

1814-1847 *''To the

Duchy of Modena A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition. There once existed an important difference between "sovereign ...

'' (1847–1861) **

Francis V Francis V may refer to: * Francis V of Beauharnais (1714–1800) * Francis V, Duke of Modena Francis V, Duke of Modena, Reggio and Guastalla, Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Mirandola and of Massa, Princ ...

1847-1859 *Part of

(1861–present)

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