State · 1160 – 1805
Republic of Lucca
A state of 1160 – 1805 — 645 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 2 people. Its own article says it was replaced.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 645 years
- 1160 – 1805
- Rulers
- 2
- the Governanti di Lucca
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Replaced, 1805. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Later the state continued to exist but was, de facto, dependent upon Napoleonic France, and ceased officially its existence in 1805, when it was transformed into the Principality of Lucca and Piombino.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castruccio Castracani | 1316 – 1328 | 12 years | ending not on record | |
| Paolo Guinigi | 1400 – 1430 | 30 years | ending not on record |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1316 – 1430. Median reign 21 years. 0 of 1 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”.
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, undatedFlag of Lucca · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedArms of the Republic of Lucca · CC BY-SA 4.0 · MostEpic
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 stood645 years
stood longer than 92% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- 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 median30 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 83% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1095 – 1870, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1483, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1235720 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.