Spanish Italy

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Spanish Italy refers to the collection of Italian territories under Spanish Habsburg rule, including regions such as Naples, Sicily, Milan, and Sardinia, that were central to Spain’s European power in the early modern period.

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Spanish Italy canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composite monarchy territory
historical region
administrativeLanguage Spanish
capitalOfMajorTerritory Milan
Naples
Palermo
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Empire
dissolutionCause War of the Spanish Succession settlements
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht
economy Mediterranean trade
agriculture
taxation for Spanish Crown
endTime early 18th century
followedBy Austrian rule in Italy
governedBy Governor of Milan
Viceroy of Naples
Viceroy of Sicily
historicalEra Age of Reformation
linked to: Reformation

Baroque period
linked to: Baroque

Early Modern period
includes Duchy of Milan
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sicily
Marquisate of Finale
State of the Presidi
influencedBy Counter-Reformation policies
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Spanish Baroque culture
language Italian
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Mediterranean region
linked to: Mediterranean
partOf Habsburg Spain
Spanish Habsburg Monarchy
linked to: Habsburg Spain

Spanish Road
politicalStatus composite of viceroyalties and fiefs
overseas possession of the Spanish Crown
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledBy House of Habsburg
Spanish Habsburgs
linked to: Habsburg Spain
significantEvent Italian Wars
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
Treaty of Rastatt
Treaty of Utrecht
War of the Spanish Succession
startTime 16th century
strategicRole link between Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
naval base in the central Mediterranean

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