Milan (Divided Italy)

&nbsp When Franz Joseph I died prematurely because of his assassination in 1855 the Austria-Hungarian Empire fell apart leaving the Grand Duchy of Milan, which was formerly part of the Austria-Hungarian territory, free and uncontrolled. Milan set up the Duchy a few years after the collapse of the Austria-Hungarian Empire.

History
Milan started the Duchy in 1858 with its first duke, Isidoro. Isidoro represented the peseants of Milan. He was born as an Italian instead of an Austrian or French and to the people of Milan he represented a small unification. He represented a sense of nationalism to Italians in the Italian Penninsula.