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3 days ago · Etruscan conquests in the northeast extended to include what are now the modern cities of Piacenza, Modena, Parma, and Mantua. To the south they were drawn into Latium and Campania from the end of the 7th century bce , and in the following century they had a decisive impact on the history of Rome , where the Etruscan dynasty of the Tarquins is ...
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1 day ago · Duchess of Parma (House of Habsburg-Lorraine) The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza was under Habsburg rule between 1735 and 1748 before passing to the House of Bourbon-Parma. The duchy was then assigned to a Habsburg but did not stay in the House long before succumbing to Italian unification.
3 days ago · Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria ...
2 days ago · Soon, Charles Albert, the King of Sardinia (who ruled Piedmont and Savoy), urged by the Venetians and Milanese to aid their cause, decided this was the moment to unify Italy and declared war on Austria (First Italian Independence War).
May 19, 2024 · He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 987–996 Hugh Capet. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 1031–1060 Henry I. 1060–1108 Philip I. 1108–1137 Louis VI (the Fat) 1137–1180 Louis VII (the Young) 1180–1223 Philip II Augustus.
May 19, 2024 · The history of Parma. Parma is an ancient city. Way back in 183 BC, 2000 Romans founded a colony here, which was an important center of commerce. After Parma, other nearby cities such as Piacenza and Modena were founded. Given that the location of Parma was strategically important from an economic-trade point of view, the city was the epicenter ...
May 13, 2024 · Pictured: The Infante Ferdinand of Spain (1751-1802), the second Duke of Parma of the house of Boubon, by Laurent Pécheux in 1765. My own photo taken in the Nat’l Gallery in the Pilotta Complex in Parma in May, 2024. Philip and later his son Ferdinand ruled Parma for the remainder of our period.
