County of Santa Fiora

County of Santa Fiora
Contea di Santa Fiora
1274–1806
Flag of Santa Fiora
Coat of arms (Sforza di Santa Fiora)
Italy in 1499
Italy in 1499
CapitalSanta Fiora
Common languagesTuscan, Latin, Italian
Religion Roman Catholicism
Minority: Judaism
GovernmentAbsolute Monarchy (County)
Count 
• 1274–1283
Ildebrandino X Aldobrandeschi
• 1631–1658
Mario II Sforza
History 
• Division of the lands of Aldobrandeschi family in two branches
1274
• The County is annexed by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
1633
• Disestablished
1806
Preceded by Succeeded by
Contado of the Aldobrandeschi
Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The County of Santa Fiora (Italian: Contea di Santa Fiora), also known as State of Santa Fiora (Italian: Stato di Santa Fiora) was a small historical state of southern Tuscany, in central Italy. Together with the county of Sovana, it was one of the two subdivisions into which the possessions of the Aldobrandeschi, then lords of much of southern Tuscany, were split in 1274.

At the moments of its creation it included part of today's province of Grosseto, up to the Isola del Giglio, and Castiglione d'Orcia, in what is now the province of Siena. In the 14th century the Republic of Siena was able to capture Isola del Giglio, Roccastrada, Istia d'Ombrone, Magliano in Toscana, Selvena, Arcidosso and Castiglione d'Orcia, reducing the county to its capital, Castell'Azzara, Semproniano and Scansano.

In 1439, after the marriage of Bosio I Sforza and the last Aldobrandeschi heir, Cecilia, the county was inherited by the Sforza family, who would become ruler of the Duchy of Milan and owned also other possessions in Tuscany and the Marche.

The sovereignty of the county was ceded to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1633.

The Jewish presence in the County of Santa Fiora was significant, the first evidence dates back to the second half of the 15th century, while a jewish ghetto was established in 1714, when the state was already subject to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany for about 80 years.


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