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Duchy of Castro
Ducato di Castro(Italian) Ducatus Castri(Latin)
1537–1649
Coat of arms
Motto: Castrum civitas fidelis
The Duchy of Castro in a map by Willem Blaeu, 1640.
Status
Vassal of the Papal States
Capital
Castro
Common languages
Latin, Italian
Religion
Catholicism
Government
Non-sovereign monarchy
Duke
• 1537–1545
Pier Luigi Farnese (first)
• 1646–1649
Ranuccio II Farnese (last)
Historical era
Early modern era
• Created by Pope Paul III
1537
• Ranuccio II is forced to cede the lands back to Pope Innocent X
1649
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Papal States
Papal States
Today part of
Italy
The Duchy of Castro was a fiefdom in central Italy formed in 1537 from a small strip of land on what is now Lazio's border with Tuscany, centred on Castro, a fortified city on a tufa cliff overlooking the Fiora River which was its capital and ducal residence. While technically a vassal state of the Papal States, it enjoyed de facto independence under the rule of the House of Farnese until 1649, when it was subsumed back into the Papal States and administered by the House of Stampa di Ferentino.[1]
It was created a duchy by Pope Paul III (1534–1549) in the bull Videlicet immeriti on 31 October 1537, with his son Pier Luigi Farnese and his firstborn male heirs as its dukes. It lasted approximately 112 years and was eclipsed by the Farnese's possessions in Parma. It stretched from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Lago di Bolsena, in the strip of land bounded by the river Marta and the river Fiora, stretching back to the Olpeta stream and the lago di Mezzano, from which the Olpeta flows. The duchy of Latera and county of Ronciglione were annexed to it.
The title of Duke of Castro has been held since the late 1860s by the claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, since the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was annexed to the newborn Kingdom of Italy. Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro currently holds the tile.
^Lunario Romano, Palazzi Municipali del Lazio 1984
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