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Lordship of Padua
Origins
Threatened by Cangrande della Scala, the Commune of Padua in 1318 elected Jacopo I da Carrara as its lord. The Carrara lost Padua to the Lordship of Verona from 1328 to 1337 but then returned, ruling as hereditary lords.
Rule and society
The Carraresi governed from the Reggia Carrarese palace and controlled Padua's university, which flourished. Francesco I, called the Elder, ruled from 1350, welcomed Petrarch and expanded the state towards Treviso and Friuli, making him a rival of Venice. Giusto de' Menabuoi frescoed the baptistery for the family. Gian Galeazzo Visconti took Padua in 1388, but Francesco Novello regained it in 1390.
Decline and legacy
After a long war, the Republic of Venice captured Padua in 1405. Francesco Novello and two of his sons were strangled in prison in Venice in 1406, and Padua remained Venetian until 1797.
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- Lordship of Padua was conquered by Republic of Venice1405 CE
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