Annibale I Bentivoglio
Annibale I Bentivoglio (August 1415 – July 25, 1445) was a famous member of the Bolognese Bentivoglio family and the absolute ruler of the Italian city of Bologna from 1443 until his death.
He was a putative son of
Tideo and Galeazzo Marescotti
.
Bentivoglio was then made effective ruler of Bologna, but was stabbed to death less than two years later by a member of a
Eugene IV. He was quickly succeeded in the government of Bologna by a vague putative cousin, Sante Bentivoglio, who was also made the sole tutor of his infant son Giovanni, born from his marriage with Donnina Visconti
.
An equestrian statue of Annibale I Bentivoglio is ascribed to the Dalmatian Early Renaissance sculptor Niccolò dell'Arca.
External links
- Page at italica.rai.it (in Italian)
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