Papal States

Overview

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th century until the unification of Italy, which took place between 1859 and 1870, culminating in their demise.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
• SNAPSHOT1530
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire31

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Italian Wars - Franco-Spanish Conflicts1521–59
  Major conflict · 750K dead
• Third Italian War1494–1559
  Major conflict · 500K dead
• First Italian War1494–98
  Major conflict · 50K dead
• Battle of Lepanto1571
  Major conflict · 50K dead
• Cretan War Extended Campaigns1645–69
  Significant · 250K dead
• Albigensian Crusade1209–29
  Significant · 100K dead
• Third Venetian-Ottoman War1570–73
  Significant · 100K dead
• Second Italian War1499–1504
  Significant · 75K dead
• Second Venetian-Ottoman War1537–40
  Significant · 50K dead
• Battle of Djerba1560
  Significant · 30K dead
• Wars in Lombardy1423–54
  Significant
• War of the League of Cambrai1508–16
  Significant
• Battle of Ostia849 CE
  Regional
• Battle of Garigliano1139
  Regional
• Battle of Rome1167
  Regional
• Battle of Smyrna1344
  Regional
• Battle of Anghiari1440
  Regional
• Battle of Cadore1508
  Regional
• Battle of Padua1509
  Regional
• Battle of Casalechio1511
  Regional
• Battle of Mirandola1511
  Regional
• Battle of Ravenna1512
  Regional
• Battle of Rome1527
  Regional
• Battle of Porto Longoni1646
  Regional

+ 7 more in the atlas.