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{{Short description|Italian county (1406–1621)}}
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{{Infobox country
| native_name = ''Contea{{native diname|egl|Cuntea Guastalla''de Guastàla}}
| conventional_long_name = County of Guastalla
| common_name = Guastalla|
| image_flag =
| image_coat = Blason famille Torelli.svg
| symbol_type = Coat of arms under the [[Torelli family]]
| image_map = The County of Guastalla.png
| image_map_caption = The county of Guastalla (1450)|
| government_type = [[County|]]
| year_start = 1406
| year_end = 1621|
| event_start = Created for the Torelli family
| date_start =
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| date_event4 =
| event_end = Raised to duchy<br>{{spaces|4}}by [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]]
| date_end = <br>2 July|
| p1 = DuchyGuastalla{{!}}Lordship of MilanGuastalla
| flag_p1 = FlagBlason offamille MilanTorelli.svg
| s1 = Duchy of Guastalla
| image_s1flag_s1 = [[File:CoatArms of armsFerrante ofII theGonzaga, HouseDuke of Gonzaga (1433)Guastalla.svg|20px|alt=|link=Duchy of Guastalla]]|
| capital border_s1 = Guastallano
| common_languagescapital = Italian[[Guastalla]]
| common_languages = {{ubl|[[Emilian language|Emilian]]|[[Lombard language|Lombard]]}}
| religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]
| currency = [[Guastalla lira|]]
| title_leader = [[List of rulers of Guastalla|Count]]
| leader1 = [[:it:Guido Torelli|Guido Torelli]] {{small|(first)}}
| leader2 = [[Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla|Ferrante II Gonzaga]] {{small|(last)}}
| year_leader1 = 1406–1449
| year_leader2 = 1575–1621
| today = [[Italy]]
| footnotes = <!--- Accepts wikilinks --->
}}
The '''County of Guastalla''' ({{Lang-it|Contea di Guastalla}}) was aan feudal[[List stateof inhistorical northernstates of Italy|Italian state]], centered on the city of [[Guastalla]]. Thein title[[Northern ofItaly]], which existed from 1428 to 1621, when countit was createdthen inelevated 1406to fora [[GuidoDuchy Torelliof Guastalla|Duchy]].
 
== History ==
The [[Torelli]] family ruled Guastalla until 1539 when it was purchased by [[Ferrante Gonzaga]]. Another branch of the Torelli family held the [[County of Montechiarugolo]], which was created in 1456 from a split in the County of Guastalla, until 1612.
The title of count was conferred in 1428 on [[Guido Torelli]] for the services rendered to the [[Duke of Milan]], [[Filippo Maria Visconti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torelli - Enciclopedia |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/torelli_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref> His descendants maintained the regency of the territory until 1539, when, finding themselves in financial straits, the family was forced to sell their domains, purchased by [[Ferrante Gonzaga]]. From that moment Guastalla significantly increased its prestige. Gonzaga was in fact one of the most influential men of his time, from a political and military point of view. When he died in 1557, his inheritance passed to his firstborn [[Cesare I Gonzaga]], who definitively established his court in Guastalla in 1567. Many works such as the church, the mint, Via Gonzaga and the completion of the ducal palace were built by him. In 1575 he was succeeded by his son [[Ferrante II Gonzaga|Ferrante II]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferrante i gonzaga conte di guastalla - Enciclopedia |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ferrante-i-gonzaga-conte-di-guastalla/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref>
 
Another branch of the Torelli family from Guastalla ruled the [[County of Montechiarugolo]] (separated from the county of Guastalla in 1456) until 1612.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ambrosis |first=Cesare De |date=2022-12-14 |title=Montechiarugolo, il castello col fantasma |url=https://rivistanatura.com/montechiarugolo-il-castello-col-fantasma/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=La Rivista della Natura |language=it-IT}}</ref>
Ferrante Gonzaga's descendants ruled Guastalla until 1746, being raised to the title of duke in 1621 when the territory became the [[Duchy of Guastalla]]. The last [[House of Gonzaga|Gonzaga]] duke, [[Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla|Giuseppe Gonzaga]], died heirless in 1746, at which point the territory was briefly incorporated into Austrian Lombardy.
 
With the [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in 1748, Guastalla was ceded to the [[Duke of Parma]].
 
==See also==
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* [[List of historic states of Italy]]
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Former monarchies Italian peninsula}}
 
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