County of Santa Fiora Contea di Santa Fiora (Italian)
1274–1806
Coat of arms
15th and 16th centuries
Italy in 1499
Capital	Santa Fiora
Common languages	Tuscan Latin Italian
Religion	Roman Catholicism Minority:Judaism
Government	Absolute Monarchy (County)
Count
• 1274–1283	Ildebrandino X Aldobrandeschi
• 1631–1658	Mario II Sforza
History
• Division of the lands ofAldobrandeschi family in two branches	1274
• The County is annexed by theGrand Duchy of Tuscany	1633
• Disestablished	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Contado Contado of the Aldobrandeschi Grand Duchy of Tuscany Papal States

TheCounty ofSanta Fiora (Italian:Contea di Santa Fiora), also known asState of Santa Fiora (Italian:Stato di Santa Fiora)^[1] was a small historical state of southernTuscany, in centralItaly. Together with the county of Sovana, it was one of the two subdivisions into which the possessions of theAldobrandeschi, then lords of much of southern Tuscany, were split in 1274.

At the moments of its creation it included part of today'sprovince of Grosseto, up to theIsola del Giglio, andCastiglione d'Orcia, in what is now theprovince of Siena. In the 14th century theRepublic 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 andScansano.

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

The sovereignty of the county was ceded to theGrand Duchy of Tuscany in 1633.^[2]

The Jewish presence in the County of Santa Fiora was significant, the first evidence dates back to the second half of the15th 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.^[3]

^[4]

• Guerrini, Giuseppe (1999).Torri e Castelli della Provincia di Grosseto. Siena: Nuova Immagine Editrice.
• Monaci, Francesca (2010).Santa Fiora nella storia: La comunità e gli Sforza negli Statuti del 1613. Arcidosso (GR): Edizioni Effigi.

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• Italian states
• History of Tuscany
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• Jewish ghettos in Europe
• Santa Fiora
• States and territories disestablished in 1806

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