Wars of Castro

Wars of Castro
	; The city of Castro, on which the Wars of Castro centered.
Date	1641–44 (1st), 1646–49 (2nd)
Location	Castro, Italy
Result	Farnese defeat and the destruction of Castro
Belligerents
Papal States; Duchy of Mantua;	Duchy of Parma; Grand Duchy of Tuscany; Duchy of Modena and Reggio; Republic of Venice;
Commanders and leaders
Pope Urban VIII; Pope Innocent X; Antonio Barberini; Fabrizio Savelli; Luigi Mattei; Achille d'Étampes de Valençay; Cornelio Malvasia;	Odoardo Farnese; Ranuccio II Farnese; Mattias de' Medici; Raimondo Montecuccoli;
Strength
1643:; 20,000; Unknown	1643:; 10,000; 5,000; 5,000

The Wars of Castro were a series of conflicts during the mid-17th century revolving around the ancient city of Castro (located in present-day Lazio, Italy), which eventually resulted in the city's destruction on 2 September 1649. The conflict was a result of a power struggle between the papacy – represented by members of two deeply entrenched Roman families and their popes, the Barberini and Pope Urban VIII and the Pamphili and Pope Innocent X – and the Farnese dukes of Parma, who controlled Castro and its surrounding territories as the Duchy of Castro.