Borghese Petrucci

Borghese Petrucci (* 1490 in Siena , † 1526 in Naples ) was an Italian politician and from 1512 to 1516 head of the Signoria of Siena.

biography

Petrucci coat of arms

Borghese Petrucci belonged to the family of the same name who directly or indirectly influenced the political life of Siena in the 15th and 16th centuries. The progenitor and founder of the political and ecclesiastical family of Siena was Pandolfo Petrucci , who ruled the mansion with the support of his brother Giacomo until 1512. In 1509 his son Borghese married Vittoria Piccolomini, a noblewoman from Siena and niece of Pope Pius III.

After Pandolfo's death in 1512, the Sienese elders, bound by a secret treaty signed five years earlier, declared obedience to his two sons Alfonso - living in Rome - and his eldest son Borghese Petrucci, and transferred their father's power to them . However, it turned out that the successor was not capable of governing and could not establish diplomatic relations. In November 1515, Borghese met with Pope Leo X in Bolsena and was asked by the Pope to support the wishes of the Medici . When Borghese refused, Leo X decided to continue his journey to Bologna and, out of indignation, refused to travel through Siena and promote anyone else. In March of the following year, after only four years as head of the Signoria, Borghese was expelled from the Tuscan city by order of the Pope and replaced by his cousin Raffaele Petrucci , the then Bishop of Grosseto and next cardinal, who in turn was replaced by Fabio Petrucci , the younger son of Pandolfo, was replaced.

The ousting of Borgheses by Leo X angered his brother Cardinal Alfonso Petrucci , who ordered a conspiracy to kill the Pope. Borghese was also the father of the poet Aurelia Petrucci , author of the famous sonnet " Dove stà il tuo valor, Patria mia cara? ", Dedicated to the vicissitudes of the city of Siena.

literature

Michele Camaioni: PETRUCCI, Borghese. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 82: Pazzi-Pia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2015.

Individual evidence

↑ La presa di Porto d'Ercole, pagg. 42-3 ( it , pdf) Costa D'Argento .
↑ Peta Motture, Michelle O'Malley: Re-thinking Renaissance Objects: Design, Function and Meaning . Ed .: Wiley-Blackwell . (English, google.it ).
^ Fabrizio Nevola: Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City . Yale University Press (English, google.it ).
↑ La presa di Porto d'Ercole, pag. 48 ( it , pdf) Costa D'Argento .
↑ Giovanni Battista Picotti: ETRUCCI, Pandolfo . In: Enciclopedia Italiana . 1935 (Italian, treccani.it ).
^ Virginia Cox: Lyric Poetry by Women of the Italian Renaissance . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2013 ( google.at ).

personal data
SURNAME	Petrucci, Borghese
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1490
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siena
DATE OF DEATH	1526
Place of death	Naples

[1] La presa di Porto d'Ercole, pagg. 42-3 ( it , pdf) Costa D'Argento .

[2] Peta Motture, Michelle O'Malley: Re-thinking Renaissance Objects: Design, Function and Meaning . Ed .: Wiley-Blackwell . (English, google.it ).

[3] Fabrizio Nevola: Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City . Yale University Press (English, google.it ).

[4] La presa di Porto d'Ercole, pag. 48 ( it , pdf) Costa D'Argento .

[5] Giovanni Battista Picotti: ETRUCCI, Pandolfo . In: Enciclopedia Italiana . 1935 (Italian, treccani.it ).

[6] Virginia Cox: Lyric Poetry by Women of the Italian Renaissance . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2013 ( google.at ).