County of Novellara and Bagnolo
County of Novellara and Bagnolo | |||||||||
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| 1501–1728 | |||||||||
| Motto: Frangar, non flectar (Latin for 'I will be broken, not bent') | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Novellara | ||||||||
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
• 1501–1515 | Giampietro Gonzaga (first) | ||||||||
• 1727–1728 | Filippo Alfonso Gonzaga (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern era | ||||||||
• Created | 1501 | ||||||||
• Title of County | 1501 | ||||||||
• Absorbed by the Duchy of Modena | 1728 | ||||||||
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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.