Malatesta da Verucchio, originally the leader of…
1295 CE
Malatesta da Verucchio, originally the leader of the Guelphs in Romagna , had become podestà (chief magistrate) of Rimini in 1239.
He makes himself complete master of Rimini in 1295 by killing the chief members of the rival Ghibelline family, the Parcitati, including their leader Montagna.
He establishes his family's rule over the city.
His eldest son is Giovanni Malatesta, famous for the 1285 tragedy, recorded in Dante's Inferno, in which he killed his wife Francesca da Polenta and his younger brother Paolo, having discovered them in adultery.
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