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... Parma , 1,660 Duchy of Modena , with Massa and Carrara , 1,571 379,000 713,000 1,780 Duchy of Lucca , 312 143,000 340,000 800 Republic of St. Marino , 17 7,000 11,500 40 Principality of Monaco , 38 6,500 71,300 Italy subject to Foreign ...
... Parma , 1,660 Duchy of Modena , with Massa and Carrara , 1,571 379,000 713,000 1,780 Duchy of Lucca , 312 143,000 340,000 800 Republic of St. Marino , 17 7,000 11,500 40 Principality of Monaco , 38 6,500 71,300 Italy subject to Foreign ...
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... Parma revolted ; the triumph of the Gibelines in Florence ( 1248 ) lasted only two years ; and their second victory , after the battle of Monte Aperto ( 1260 ) , gave them the ascendency but six years . The Bolognese united all the ...
... Parma revolted ; the triumph of the Gibelines in Florence ( 1248 ) lasted only two years ; and their second victory , after the battle of Monte Aperto ( 1260 ) , gave them the ascendency but six years . The Bolognese united all the ...
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... Parma and Piacenza , which Julius II had con- quered for the papal see , Paul III erected into a duchy ( 1545 ) , which he gave to his natural son , Peter Alois Farnese , whose son Ottavio obtained the imperial investi- ture in 1556 ...
... Parma and Piacenza , which Julius II had con- quered for the papal see , Paul III erected into a duchy ( 1545 ) , which he gave to his natural son , Peter Alois Farnese , whose son Ottavio obtained the imperial investi- ture in 1556 ...
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... Parma and Piacenza in his own name , lost them , and obtained them again as a hereditary duchy , by the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle ( 1748 ) . Thus , in the 18th century , the houses of Lorraine , Bourbon and Savoy possessed all Italy ...
... Parma and Piacenza in his own name , lost them , and obtained them again as a hereditary duchy , by the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle ( 1748 ) . Thus , in the 18th century , the houses of Lorraine , Bourbon and Savoy possessed all Italy ...
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... Parma , Piacenza and Guastalla were incorporated with the French empire , July 21st . The pope was obliged to sanction the imperial corona- tion by his presence . Austria now ac- ceded to the alliance of Russia and Eng- land against ...
... Parma , Piacenza and Guastalla were incorporated with the French empire , July 21st . The pope was obliged to sanction the imperial corona- tion by his presence . Austria now ac- ceded to the alliance of Russia and Eng- land against ...
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