Its leaders, called "vicars in temporal matters," included Montefeltro of Urbino and Malatesta da Rimini.
Its leaders, called "vicars in temporal matters," included Montefeltro of Urbino and Malatesta da Rimini. Annexed by Italy after the Franco-Prussian War, this entity had been organized largely from Lombard lands conquered at the request of Stephen II, a donation of Pepin III. Peaking in the early Renaissance, over the next five centuries its power waned, and a 1929 treaty with Mussolini's government left only one of its members independent. For ten points, name this collection of Appenine and Latinian towns and city-states, whose last remaining state is the Vatican City.
Its leaders, called "vicars in temporal matters," included Montefeltro of Urbino and Malatesta da Rimini.
{Papal States}