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Marquisate of Finale Marchesato di Finale (Italian) | |||||||||||
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| 967–1797 | |||||||||||
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 Marquisate of Finale in Liguria. | |||||||||||
| Status | March of the Holy Roman Empire (967–1602) Territory of the Kingdom of Spain (1602–1713) Territory of the Republic of Genoa (1713–1797) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Finale Ligure (from the 1190s) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Ligurian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy (Marquess) | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 967 | ||||||||||
• Acquired by the Kingdom of Spain | 1602 | ||||||||||
• Ceded to the Republic of Genoa | 1713 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1797 | ||||||||||
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The Marquisate of Finale was an Italian state of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now Liguria, part of the former medieval Aleramici March. It was ruled for some six centuries by the Aleramici branch known as marquesses del Vasto (when they also held the March of Savona) and later Del Carretto, when Savona became a free commune. In 1598 the marquisate was sold by its last marquis, Sforza Andrea to Philip II of Spain and in 1713 it was finally ceded to the Republic of Genoa, where it remained so until 1797, when it was invaded by Napoleon, ceasing its existence.