Realm · approximate borders · 1574–1708

Duchy of Montferrat

The old marquisate of Montferrat, held by the Gonzaga of Mantua from 1536 and raised to a duchy in 1574. Savoy took part of it after the War of the Mantuan Succession (Treaty of Cherasco, 1631) and the rest in 1708.

See Duchy of Montferrat on the map in 1574

On the map: 1574–1708
Capital: Casale Monferrato

Rulers named in the sources

Guglielmo Gonzaga 1550–1587, duke from 1574
Vincenzo I Gonzaga 1587–1612
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga 1665–1708

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

Duchy of Montferrat

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

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