Uguccione della Faggiola
Uguccione della Faggiola , also written Faggiuola in the 19th century (* around 1250 in Casteldelci ; † November 1, 1318 ), was an Italian condottiere .
Life
Uguccione was born in Casteldelci ( Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region ). He became famous at the end of the 13th century as the captain of Arezzo's armed forces , with which he conquered Cesena after trying unsuccessfully in 1297 to seize Forlis .
As a Ghibelline partisan, he was vicar for Emperor Henry VII in Genoa from 1311 to 1312 . In 1312 he came to Pisa with Heinrich, where Uguccione was made Podestà and Capitano del Popolo after Heinrich's death in 1313 . In 1314 he conquered Lucca with the help of his protégé Castruccio Castracani . On August 29, 1315, in the Battle of Montecatini, he achieved a decisive victory over Florence and its allies, especially from Naples .
In 1316 he was expelled from Pisa and Lucca by Castruccio Castracani as the new army commander. He fled to Cangrande I della Scala , who made him the Podestà of Vicenza . He died on November 1st, 1318 during the siege of Padua .
literature
- Emilio Cristiani: Della Faggiola, Uguccione . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters III, Sp. 672–673
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uguccione della Faggiola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uguccione della Faggiuola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian condottiere |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1250 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casteldelci |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1318 |
| Place of death | Vicenza |