Lucca
Lucca was a Tuscan city enriched by silk and banking. After Castruccio Castracani died in 1328, the city changed hands repeatedly; in 1337 it was ruled by Mastino II of Verona.
Lucca passed to Pisa after a Florentine siege, before Charles IV restored its freedom in 1369. Paolo Guinigi's rule from 1400 to 1430 ended amid another Florentine siege. French troops entered in 1799; Napoleon placed Lucca under his sister Elisa in 1805, and Vienna made it a duchy in 1815.
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- Castracane di Ruggero degli Antelminelli
- Castruccio Castracani
- Gerio di Castracane degli Antelminelli
- Gualtiero degli Antelminelli
- Lutterio degli Antelminelli
- Ruggero di Castracane degli Antelminelli