Realm · approximate borders · 1259–1394

Signoria of Milan

The lordship over Milan, held by the della Torre from 1259 and by the Visconti after Archbishop Ottone's victory at Desio (1277); the della Torre returned in 1302–1311. Under Azzone and his successors it spread over most of Lombardy (Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Pavia, Novara, Piacenza, Parma by 1346).

Gian Galeazzo took Verona and Vicenza in 1387 and bought the ducal title in 1395. Mantua stayed outside.

See Signoria of Milan on the map in 1387

On the map: 1259–1394
Capital: Milan

Rulers named in the sources

Martino della Torre 1259–1263
Ottone Visconti, archbishop 1277–1295
Matteo I Visconti 1287–1302, 1311–1322
Azzone Visconti 1329–1339
Bernabò and Galeazzo II Visconti 1354–1385
Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1378–1395

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.

Signoria of Milan

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

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