County of Novellara and Bagnolo
County of Novellara and Bagnolo Contea di Novellara e Bagnolo (Italian) | |||||||
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| 1371–1728 | |||||||
Coat of arms
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| Motto: Frangar, non flectar (Latin for 'I will be broken, not bent') | |||||||
| Status | County | ||||||
| Capital | Novellara | ||||||
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
• 1371–1374 | Feltrino Gonzaga (first Lord) | ||||||
• 1501–1515 | Giampietro Gonzaga (first Count) | ||||||
• 1727–1728 | Filippo Alfonso Gonzaga (last Count) | ||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages, Early modern era | ||||||
• Created as a Lordship | 1371 | ||||||
• Elevated to a County | 1501 | ||||||
• Vacant fiefdom | 1728 | ||||||
• Absorbed by the Duchy of Modena | 1737 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||
The County of Novellara and Bagnolo (Italian: Contea di Novellara e Bagnolo) was a small imperial fiefdom which existed in Northern Italy from 1501 to 1728. Previously, since 1371, the county had been in the form of a lordship of an uncertain legal nature in the possession of the Novellara branch of the House of Gonzaga, who ruled it for a total period of approximately three and a half centuries.