The
County of Santa FioraSanta Fiora is a comune in the Province of Grosseto, in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 110 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km east of Grosseto...
was a small historical state of southern
TuscanyTuscany is a region in North-Central Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy...
, in central
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
. 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.
The
County of Santa FioraSanta Fiora is a comune in the Province of Grosseto, in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 110 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km east of Grosseto...
was a small historical state of southern
TuscanyTuscany is a region in North-Central Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy...
, in central
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
. 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 GrossetoThe Province of Grosseto is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto.It has an area of 4,504 km², and a total population of 211,086...
, up to the Isola del Giglio, and
Castiglione d'OrciaCastiglione d'Orcia is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 90 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia, not far from the Via Cassia....
, in what is now the
province of SienaThe Province of Siena is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Siena.It has an area of 3,821 km² , and a total population of 252,288 . There are 36 comuni in the province...
. In the 14th century the Republic of Siena was able to capture Isola del Giglio,
RoccastradaRoccastrada is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km south of Florence and about 25 km north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere.-External links:*...
, Istia d'Ombrone,
Magliano in ToscanaMagliano in Toscana is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 130 km south of Florence and about 25 km southeast of Grosseto...
,
Selvenathumb|250px|Church of San Nicola da Tolentino.Selvena is a small hill-town, population 578, in southern Tuscany, Italy. It stands at an altitude of 658 metres above sea level some 5 kilometres west of Castell'Azzara; administratively it falls within the comune of Castell'Azzara.-History:The village...
,
ArcidossoArcidosso is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 100 km south of Florence and about 35 km northeast of Grosseto and near the town of Montalcino.- History :...
and Castiglione d'Orcia, reducing the county to its capital,
Castell'AzzaraCastell'Azzara is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 km southeast of Florence and about 50 km east of Grosseto....
,
SempronianoSemproniano is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 km south of Florence and about 35 km east of Grosseto...
and
ScansanoScansano is a town and comune, of medieval origin, in the Tuscan province of Grosseto, Italy. The area which Scansano lies within is called Maremma.Scansano is notable for Morellino di Scansano, a type of wine....
.
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 MilanThe Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. It was part of the Holy Roman Empire, by then a decentralised entity, and was ruled by several dynasties, most of them major powers from outside Italy...
and owned also other possessions in Tuscany and the
MarcheThe Marche is one of the 20 Regions of Italy...
.
The county was annexed to the
Grand Duchy of TuscanyThe Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with Interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence...
in 1624.