County of Guastalla
County of Guastalla Contea di Guastalla | |||||||||
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| 1406–1621 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Guastalla | ||||||||
| Common languages | Italian | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Created for the Torelli | 1406 | ||||||||
1456 | |||||||||
1539 | |||||||||
• Reacquired Montechiarugolo | 1612 | ||||||||
2 July 1621 | |||||||||
| Currency | Guastalla lira | ||||||||
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The County of Guastalla was a sovereign state of northern Italy centred on Guastalla. The title of count was created in 1406 for Guido Torelli: the Torelli family ruled Guastalla until 1539, when it was purchased by Ferrante Gonzaga, while another branch held the County of Montechiarugolo, which was created from a split in the county in 1456, until 1612. Ferrante's descendants ruled the country until 1746, being raised to the title of Duke in 1621. Duke Giuseppe Maria died heirless in 1746 and the country was briefly incorporated into Austrian Lombardy.
With the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, Guastalla was ceded to the Duke of Parma.
See also
- Guastalla
- Duchy of Guastalla
- List of rulers of Guastalla
- Duchy of Parma
- House of Gonzaga
- County of Montechiarugolo
- List of historic states of Italy