Cortona
Cortona was a hill town in Tuscany's Val di Chiana, once an Etruscan city and later a Ghibelline commune. The Ranieri-Casali family held it as signori from 1325; Ranieri II Casali ruled in 1337.
In 1409 King Ladislaus of Naples seized Cortona, ending Casali rule, and in 1411 sold it to the Florentine Medici. The town thereafter shared Florentine rule. When the senior Medici line died out in 1737, Cortona passed with Tuscany to the House of Lorraine.
Characters
- Alberto Casali
- Bartolomeo Casali
- Dianora Casali
- Franceschino Casali
- Ranieri II Casali
- Giovanna Casali (Vanna)