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Mantua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Mantua is a bedroom community serving as a suburb to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Most of the homes in Mantua were built between the 1950s and the 1980s. [citation needed] The population was 7,503 at the 2020 census. [3]
1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua. [2] 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune." [1] 1150 - Mantua currency begins circulating. [citation needed] 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League. [4]} 1236 - Forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor attempt to take Mantua. [2] 1272 - Bonacolsi in power (until 1328). [1] 1281 ...
The five fortresses to be surrendered were Mantua, Peschiera, Legnano, Ferrara and Ancona. This had been a longstanding demand of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, resisted by Cobenzl until the very end. In light of the news of Treviso, the concession of Mantua was an "irretrievable blunder" caused by poor Habsburg communications. [5]
Virginia legislators were concerned that the people of Alexandria County had not been properly included in the retrocession proceedings. After months of debate, the Virginia legislature voted to formally accept the retrocession legislation on March 13, 1847. [4] A celebration and local holiday in honor of retrocession was then held on March 20 ...
From 970 to 1115, the Counts of Mantua were members of the House of Canossa. During its time as free commune and signoria ("lordship"), the Lords of Mantua were exponents of the Bonacolsi and Gonzaga families. From 1328, Mantua was informally led by Gonzagas until 1433, when Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the noble title of Marquess of Mantua.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Mantua was invaded by Byzantines, Lombards and Franks. In the 11th century it became a possession of Boniface of Canossa , marquis of Tuscany . The last ruler of the family was the countess Matilde of Canossa (died 1115), who, according to legend, ordered the construction of the precious Rotonda di ...
It did not help their cause that the Austrian generals faced a military genius in Bonaparte. But they also pursued a flawed strategy. Chandler wrote, "Throughout the whole year, the lure of Mantua continued to exert a fatal attraction over the Austrian field forces and led them to one costly failure after another." [22] Chandler added,