THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1200–1555

Republic of Siena

The commune of Siena and its contado over southern Tuscany (Montalcino, Grosseto, Massa Marittima, the Maremma coast to Talamone). Visconti lordship 1399–1404 and Spanish garrisons in the 1540s; after the siege of 1554–1555 Siena surrendered to Charles V's forces, and in 1557 it was granted to Cosimo de' Medici.

A commune from 1125.

See Republic of Siena on the map in 1200

On the map
1200–1555
Capital
Siena

Rulers named in the sources

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.

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