County of Montechiarugolo

The County of Montechiarugolo was a small sovereign state of northern Italy which existed from 1456 to 1612. It included the other fief of Casei.

It was created from a splitting in the county of Guastalla between count Cristoforo Torelli and Pietro Guido I Torelli, first count of Montechiarugolo. The title was held by the Torelli family in his whole history, until in 1612 it was annexed by Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma following the beheading of Pio Torelli, his sister Clelia Torelli, and her husband for their involvement Congiura dei feudatari against Farnese.[1]

Counts of Montechiarugolo

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References

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  1. ^ "MASI, Giovan Battista". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ Everson, Jane E.; Reidy, Denis V.; Sampson, Lisa (14 April 2016). The Italian Academies 1525-1700: Networks of Culture, Innovation and Dissent (in English and Italian). Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-19630-3.