State · 1115 – 1569
Republic of Florence
A state of 1115 – 1569 — 454 years in Europe. It replaced March of Tuscany and Signoria of Florence. It was replaced by Duchy of Florence. The atlas records 35 things within it — wars and battles 6 · people 28 · works and ideas 1. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 454 years
- 1115 – 1569
- Rulers
- 3
- the Gonfaloniere
- Most ground
- 20,100 km²
- in 1556
- Within it
- 35
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 5
- on record, with years
1260 · first mapped · 10,100 km²
1556 · at its largest · 20,100 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- March of Tuscany · replaces · 846 – 1197
- Signoria of Florence · replaces · 1300 – 1494
After it
- Duchy of Florence · replaced by · 1532 – 1569
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giano Della Bella | 1293 – 1295 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Cosimo de' Medici | 1434 – 1464 | 30 years | ending not on record | |
| Alessandro de' Medici | 1530 – 1532 | 2 years | ending not on record |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1293 – 1532. Median reign 2 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
10,100 km² in 1265, 20,100 km² in 1565; at its largest 20,100 km² in 1565. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedBandiera Firenze Calcio Storico · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Horemhat 
flag, undatedState Flag of the Republic of Florence · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedStemma di Firenze fino al 1251 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Horemhat 
flag, undatedFlag of Florence · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedStemma di Firenze dal 1251 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Horemhat
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1200 – 12994 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Dante Alighieri · philosopher · 1265 – 1321
- Giotto · artist · 1267 – 1337
- Giovanni Villani · politician · 1280 – 1348
- Battle of Campaldino · battle · 1289
1300 – 13998 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Petrarch · philosopher · 1304 – 1374
- Giovanni Boccaccio · politician · 1313 – 1375
- Donatello · artist · 1386 – 1466
- Cosimo de' Medici · politician · 1389 – 1464
- Leonardo Bruni · philosopher · 1370 – 1444
- Ciompi Revolt · battle · 1378
- Pippo Spano · politician · 1369 – 1426
- Antonio I Acciaioli · person · 1370 – 1435
1400 – 149913 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Leonardo da Vinci · inventor · 1452 – 1519
- Michelangelo · artist · 1475 – 1564
- Niccolò Machiavelli · philosopher · 1469 – 1527
- Sandro Botticelli · artist · 1445 – 1510
- Amerigo Vespucci · explorer · 1454 – 1512
- Lorenzo de' Medici · politician · 1449 – 1492
- Girolamo Savonarola · philosopher · 1452 – 1498
- Pope Clement VII · religious leader · 1478 – 1534
and 5 more in the atlas.
1500 – 159910 rows · 3 wars and battles
- The Prince · literature · 1532
- Pope Urban VIII · writer · 1568 – 1644
- Giorgio Vasari · artist · 1511 – 1574
- Philip Neri · religious leader · 1515 – 1595
- Cosimo I de' Medici · politician · 1519 – 1574
- Alessandro de' Medici · politician · 1510 – 1537
- Francesco Salviati · artist · 1510 – 1563
- Siege of Florence · battle · 1529 – 1530
and 2 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood454 years
stood longer than 84% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held20,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 21% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median2 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 5% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1070 – 1614, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1556, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q148540 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.