Territorial change of Papal States

“Papal States” — appears in this map’s data from AD 755 to 1870. Its territory was largest in AD 1709 – 1733, at ≈ 42 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 755 – 756≈ 13 thousand km²
AD 757 – 762≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 763 – 774≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 775 – 777≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 778 – 782≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 783 – 787≈ 20 thousand km²
AD 788 – 792≈ 20 thousand km²
AD 793 – 805≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 806 – 849≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 850 – 879≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 880 – 881≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 882 – 887≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 888 – 899≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 900 – 910≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 911 – 921≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 922 – 935≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 936 – 960≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 961 – 969≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 970 – 989≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 990 – 1033≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1034 – 1045≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1046 – 1055≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1056 – 1065≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1066 – 1084≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1085 – 1146≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1147 – 1201≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1202 – 1259≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1260 – 1271≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 1272 – 1278≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 1279 – 1284≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1313≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1314 – 1462≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1486≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1506≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1528≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1555≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1599≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1600 – 1652≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1708≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1733≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1740≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1741 – 1747≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1796≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1797 – 1798≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1800 – 1802≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1805≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1806 – 1806≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1807 – 1810≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1814 – 1814≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1815 – 1847≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1848 – 1848≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1849 – 1858≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1859 – 1859≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 1860 – 1860≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1861 – 1869≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 1870 – 1870≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 755AD 1870

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1709 – 1733 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame (first 150 frames shown, 221 in total).

FrameAreaRank
AD 755≈ 13 thousand km²63 of 79
AD 757≈ 22 thousand km²56 of 76
AD 763≈ 27 thousand km²52 of 74
AD 768≈ 27 thousand km²52 of 75
AD 772≈ 27 thousand km²51 of 72
AD 775≈ 14 thousand km²57 of 73
AD 778≈ 14 thousand km²58 of 72
AD 783≈ 20 thousand km²57 of 73
AD 788≈ 20 thousand km²53 of 68
AD 793≈ 15 thousand km²61 of 78
AD 800≈ 15 thousand km²61 of 77
AD 806≈ 15 thousand km²58 of 73
AD 814≈ 15 thousand km²61 of 76
AD 825≈ 15 thousand km²63 of 77
AD 830≈ 15 thousand km²62 of 77
AD 840≈ 15 thousand km²63 of 80
AD 850≈ 16 thousand km²64 of 86
AD 860≈ 16 thousand km²69 of 89
AD 866≈ 16 thousand km²73 of 95
AD 870≈ 16 thousand km²72 of 94
AD 875≈ 16 thousand km²74 of 97
AD 876≈ 16 thousand km²74 of 97
AD 878≈ 16 thousand km²75 of 100
AD 880≈ 16 thousand km²76 of 102
AD 882≈ 16 thousand km²74 of 101
AD 884≈ 16 thousand km²73 of 102
AD 886≈ 16 thousand km²75 of 104
AD 887≈ 16 thousand km²79 of 107
AD 888≈ 16 thousand km²80 of 108
AD 892≈ 16 thousand km²80 of 108
AD 896≈ 16 thousand km²81 of 109
AD 898≈ 16 thousand km²86 of 115
AD 899≈ 16 thousand km²87 of 117
AD 900≈ 16 thousand km²86 of 114
AD 911≈ 16 thousand km²93 of 123
AD 922≈ 16 thousand km²88 of 117
AD 926≈ 16 thousand km²85 of 112
AD 936≈ 16 thousand km²87 of 116
AD 947≈ 16 thousand km²92 of 117
AD 960≈ 16 thousand km²93 of 118
AD 961≈ 16 thousand km²93 of 119
AD 962≈ 16 thousand km²95 of 120
AD 970≈ 16 thousand km²91 of 115
AD 980≈ 16 thousand km²87 of 111
AD 990≈ 16 thousand km²94 of 126
AD 1000≈ 16 thousand km²92 of 126
AD 1003≈ 16 thousand km²90 of 125
AD 1010≈ 16 thousand km²90 of 130
AD 1015≈ 16 thousand km²92 of 141
AD 1018≈ 16 thousand km²91 of 138
AD 1028≈ 16 thousand km²87 of 130
AD 1034≈ 16 thousand km²88 of 129
AD 1040≈ 16 thousand km²89 of 136
AD 1046≈ 16 thousand km²88 of 136
AD 1056≈ 16 thousand km²103 of 146
AD 1066≈ 16 thousand km²100 of 138
AD 1072≈ 16 thousand km²103 of 138
AD 1085≈ 16 thousand km²98 of 137
AD 1094≈ 16 thousand km²102 of 135
AD 1099≈ 16 thousand km²103 of 139
AD 1111≈ 16 thousand km²107 of 140
AD 1126≈ 16 thousand km²105 of 138
AD 1139≈ 16 thousand km²109 of 140
AD 1147≈ 16 thousand km²107 of 148
AD 1152≈ 16 thousand km²106 of 140
AD 1169≈ 16 thousand km²102 of 137
AD 1177≈ 16 thousand km²102 of 136
AD 1188≈ 16 thousand km²97 of 134
AD 1192≈ 16 thousand km²97 of 132
AD 1202≈ 16 thousand km²96 of 135
AD 1206≈ 16 thousand km²105 of 149
AD 1210≈ 16 thousand km²104 of 146
AD 1216≈ 16 thousand km²103 of 143
AD 1220≈ 16 thousand km²103 of 143
AD 1227≈ 16 thousand km²101 of 139
AD 1236≈ 16 thousand km²95 of 137
AD 1241≈ 16 thousand km²87 of 130
AD 1250≈ 16 thousand km²77 of 118
AD 1260≈ 16 thousand km²77 of 123
AD 1270≈ 16 thousand km²77 of 123
AD 1272≈ 28 thousand km²66 of 121
AD 1279≈ 39 thousand km²57 of 122
AD 1285≈ 40 thousand km²60 of 128
AD 1294≈ 40 thousand km²70 of 145
AD 1305≈ 40 thousand km²71 of 152
AD 1314≈ 40 thousand km²71 of 151
AD 1326≈ 40 thousand km²66 of 144
AD 1333≈ 40 thousand km²67 of 145
AD 1344≈ 40 thousand km²78 of 148
AD 1352≈ 40 thousand km²74 of 139
AD 1356≈ 40 thousand km²74 of 139
AD 1363≈ 40 thousand km²78 of 147
AD 1375≈ 40 thousand km²83 of 154
AD 1385≈ 40 thousand km²83 of 154
AD 1392≈ 40 thousand km²83 of 154
AD 1395≈ 40 thousand km²80 of 149
AD 1402≈ 40 thousand km²75 of 141
AD 1407≈ 40 thousand km²74 of 141
AD 1415≈ 40 thousand km²77 of 136
AD 1422≈ 40 thousand km²80 of 132
AD 1429≈ 40 thousand km²81 of 130
AD 1431≈ 40 thousand km²80 of 130
AD 1440≈ 40 thousand km²82 of 129
AD 1450≈ 40 thousand km²83 of 127
AD 1453≈ 40 thousand km²81 of 130
AD 1459≈ 40 thousand km²83 of 132
AD 1463≈ 39 thousand km²84 of 132
AD 1468≈ 39 thousand km²84 of 140
AD 1475≈ 39 thousand km²80 of 137
AD 1482≈ 39 thousand km²78 of 131
AD 1487≈ 40 thousand km²79 of 129
AD 1492≈ 40 thousand km²85 of 129
AD 1497≈ 40 thousand km²86 of 130
AD 1502≈ 40 thousand km²88 of 129
AD 1507≈ 41 thousand km²85 of 125
AD 1512≈ 41 thousand km²83 of 124
AD 1516≈ 41 thousand km²83 of 123
AD 1519≈ 41 thousand km²81 of 123
AD 1521≈ 41 thousand km²80 of 119
AD 1526≈ 41 thousand km²80 of 121
AD 1529≈ 41 thousand km²79 of 124
AD 1534≈ 41 thousand km²79 of 125
AD 1540≈ 41 thousand km²78 of 122
AD 1547≈ 41 thousand km²78 of 121
AD 1552≈ 41 thousand km²78 of 119
AD 1556≈ 41 thousand km²77 of 117
AD 1564≈ 41 thousand km²74 of 116
AD 1572≈ 41 thousand km²72 of 110
AD 1579≈ 41 thousand km²68 of 101
AD 1582≈ 41 thousand km²67 of 99
AD 1588≈ 41 thousand km²69 of 100
AD 1595≈ 41 thousand km²68 of 99
AD 1600≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 97
AD 1602≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 98
AD 1609≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 100
AD 1612≈ 42 thousand km²66 of 105
AD 1619≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 107
AD 1622≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 107
AD 1626≈ 42 thousand km²68 of 109
AD 1629≈ 42 thousand km²68 of 109
AD 1632≈ 42 thousand km²69 of 109
AD 1636≈ 42 thousand km²71 of 110
AD 1640≈ 42 thousand km²73 of 114
AD 1642≈ 42 thousand km²74 of 115
AD 1645≈ 42 thousand km²75 of 115
AD 1648≈ 42 thousand km²74 of 117
AD 1653≈ 42 thousand km²72 of 115
AD 1659≈ 42 thousand km²72 of 114
AD 1662≈ 42 thousand km²72 of 116
AD 1670≈ 42 thousand km²72 of 117

Its highest rank was in AD 772: number 72 of 51.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Roman Republic · Republic of Cospaia · Duchy of Spoleto · Italian United Provinces · Lordship of Forlì

Succeeded by: Vatican City · Trasimène · Roman Republic

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Papal States ( PAY-pəl), officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870.

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