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Lordship of Cortona
Origins
Cortona, an Etruscan hill town above the Valdichiana, had long been a self-governing commune and gained its own bishop in 1325. That year Ranieri Casali, head of a leading local family, became lord of the city, which the Casali then ruled as a hereditary lordship.
Rule and society
The Casali governed a small territory of hill and plain between Arezzo, Siena and Perugia, balancing between these neighbours and seeking imperial and papal recognition. Family murders over the succession were common. Little is known of their administration beyond the town's walls and the fortress they built.
Decline and legacy
In 1409 King Ladislaus of Naples captured Cortona from the last Casali lord during his wars in central Italy. In 1411 he sold the town to the Republic of Florence.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Lordship of Cortona was conquered by Kingdom of Naples1409 CE – 1411 CE
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lordship of Cortona. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lordship-of-cortona
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- “Lordship of Cortona.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lordship-of-cortona. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Lordship of Cortona.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lordship-of-cortona.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lordship of Cortona’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lordship-of-cortona (Accessed: ).
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