House of Malatesta
Malatesta de Malatestiis | |
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Latin: Elephas indus culices non timet)[1] | |
Country | Italy San Marino |
Founded | 1295 |
Founder | Malatesta da Verucchio |
Final ruler | Pandolfo IV Malatesta |
Titles | List
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Estate(s) | Castel Sismondo (Rimini) Rocca Malatestiana (Cesena) |
Dissolution | 1619 |
Deposition | 1528 |
The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as (in different periods) other lands and towns in Romagna and holding high positions in the government of cities in present-day Tuscany, Lombardy and Marche. The dynasty is considered among the most important and influential of the Late Middle Ages. In the period of maximum influence, they extended their domains along the Marche coast, up to Ascoli Piceno, Senigallia, Sansepolcro and Citerna, and to the north, on the territories of Bergamo and Brescia.[2]
History
The family's progenitor is said to be Rodolfo of Carpegna whose fighting spirit yielded him the sobriquet mala testa ("bad head"). From 1004 onward, he built a castle on the rock of Pennabilli.
In the 11th century, the family had possessions in the region of Gabicce Mare, Gatteo, and Poggio Berni. Giovanni Malatesta (d. 1150) owned some land between rivers Marecchia and Rubicon, and was the first to settle down in Rimini. His son married into the Traversari family, who were lords of Ravenna and Rimini during the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1186, the Malatesta became lords of Torriana. Giovanni's grandsons Giovanni and Malatesta I Malatesta (1183–1248) founded the branches of the Counts of Sogliano al Rubicone (extinguished in 1640) and "della Penna" of Pennabilli and Verucchio (until 1462). In 1216, they became citizens of Rimini.
Malatesta I became
Malatestino I, Giovanni's brother, became capitano of the Guelphs of
The most famous was
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Palazzo dell'Arengo, Rimini
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Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini
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Malatesta Castle at Cesena
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Malatestiana Library at Cesena
Malatesta Family Members
- (1) Malatesta dalla Penna (d.1248)
- (2) Malatesta da Verucchio (d.1312) (son of 1.) - Lord of Rimini, 1295
1st generation:
- (3) Malatestino 'dell'Occhio' (d.1316) (son of 2) - Lord of Rimini, 1312
- (4) Paolo 'il Bello' (d.1285) (son of 2) - murdered by 5
- (5) Giovanni 'Gianciotto' (d.1304) (son of 2)
- (6) Pandolfo I (d.1326) (son of 2) - Lord of Rimini, 1317
2nd generation:
di Malatestino:
- (7) Ferrantino (d.1353) (son of 3) - Lord of Rimini, 1326, deposed & imprisoned by 11, 1334
di Paolo:
- (9) Ramberto (d.1330) (son of 4) - murdered by 14
- (10) Guido the Archpriest (d.1334?) (son of 4)
di Gianciotto
- (8) Uberto, Count of Giaggolo (d.1323) (son of 5) - murdered by 9
di Pandolfo:
- (11) Malatesta II 'Guastafamiglia' (d.1364) (son of 6) - Lord of Pesaro, 1326; and Rimini, 1334
- (12) Galeotto I (d.1385) (son of 6) - Lord of Rimini,&c.
3rd generation:
di Ferrantino:
- (13) Pandolfino (d.?) (son of 7)
- (14) Malatestino Novello (d.1335) (son of 7) - imprisoned & prob. murdered by 11.
di Malatesta:
- (15) Malatesta 'Ungaro' (d. 1364) (son of 11) - Lord of Jesi
- (16) Pandolfo II (d.1373) (son of 11) - Lord of Pesaro
di Galeotto:
- (17) Carlo of Rimini (son of 12) - Lord of Rimini
- (18) Pandolfo III of Fano (d.1427) (son of 12) - Lord of Fano
- (19) Andrea of Cesena (son of 12) (d.1416) - Lord of Cesena
- (20) Galeotto II of Cervia (son of 12) (d.) - Lord of Cervia
4th generation
di Pandolfino:
- (21) Ferrantino Novello (d.1352) (son of 13)
- (22) Guido (d.1334) (son of 13) - imprisoned & probably murdered by 11
Family tree of Malatesta
Malatesta I lord of Rimini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malatestino lord of Rimini | Paolo capitano in Florence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malatesta II lord of Rimini, Pesaro BRANCH OF PESARO | Galeotto lord of Rimini, Fano, Cesena, Fossombrone BRANCH OF RIMINI | Ferrantino lord of Rimini | Ramberto claimant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pandolfo II lord of Pesaro | Ungaro lord of Jesi | Carlo I lord of Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Cesena | Pandolfo III lord of Fano | Andrea lord of Fossobrone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malatesta III lord of Pesaro, Fossombrone, Jesi | Galeotto Roberto lord of Rimini | Domenico Novello condottiero | (illeg.) Sigismondo Pandolfo lord of Rimini, Fano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galeazzo lord of Pesaro, Fossombrone | Carlo II lord of Pesaro, Fossombrone | Cleofa Malatesta | Theodore II Palaiologos despot of Morea | Roberto lord of Rimini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pandolfo IV lord of Rimini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sigismondo condottiero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Francesca Cappelletti; Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (1997). Der antike Mythos und Europa. Gebrüder Mann Verlag. p. 250.
- ^ "MALATESTA in "Enciclopedia Italiana"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-26.
Sources
- J. Larner (1965) The Lords of Romagna: Romagnol society and the origins of the Signorie, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, p. 243
- P. H. Wicksteed and E.G. Gardner, (1902) Dante and Giovanni del Virgilio, Westminster: Archibald Constable, p. 249, 336