Malatesta da Verucchio
Italian condottieri
About Malatesta da Verucchio
Lived 1212 – 1312 (aged 99–100). Malatesta da Verucchio was a condottiero.
Malatesta da Verucchio (1212–1312) was the founder of the powerful Italian Malatesta family and a notable condottiero. He was born in Verucchio. He was the son of Malatesta della Penna (1183–1248).
Biography He was the leader of the Guelphs in Romagna and became podestà (chief magistrate) of Rimini in 1239. In 1295, he made himself the undisputed ruler of Rimini by killing the chief members of the rival Ghibelline family, the Parcitati, including their leader Montagna.
His eldest son was Giovanni Malatesta, famous for the 1285 tragedy, recorded in Dante's Inferno, in which he killed his wife Francesca da Polenta and his younger brother Paolo, having discovered them in adultery.
He was succeeded as lord of Rimini by his sons, first by Malatestino and later by Pandolfo I.
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Malatesta da Verucchio was born in 1212 in Verucchio.
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Malatesta da Verucchio died in 1312 in Rimini.
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Malatesta da Verucchio was a condottiero.
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