Malatesta da Verucchio
Malatesta da Verucchio (* 1212 in Verucchio , † 1312 in Rimini ) was an Italian condottiere . He was lord of Rimini from 1295 and the founder of the Malatesta dynasty .
He was the father of Giovanni ("Gianciotto") Malatesta († 1304), who killed his wife Francesca da Rimini when she took his handsome brother Paolo Malatesta as a lover - which ensured everyone a place in Dante's Inferno .
literature
- Anna Falcioni: Malatesta detto Malatesta da Verucchio . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Vol. 68, Rome 2007, pp. 68-71
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| SURNAME | Verucchio, Malatesta there |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian condottiere |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1212 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verucchio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1312 |
| Place of death | Rimini |