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County of Santa Fiora

County of Santa Fiora
Contea di Santa Fiora
1274–1806 (in 1633 as sovereign County)


Coat of arms (Sforza di Santa Fiora)

Italy in 1499
Capital Santa Fiora
Languages Tuscan, Latin, Italian
Government Absolute Monarchy (County)
History
 •  Established 1274
 •  Disestablished 1806 (in 1633 as sovereign County)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Aldobrandeschi family
Grand Duchy of Tuscany


Coat of arms (Sforza di Santa Fiora)

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.


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