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Pietro De' Rossi (1303–1337)
Pietro Rossi or Pietro de' Rossi may refer to: People * (1303–1337), Italian condottiero and lord of Parma, brother of Rolando de' Rossi * Pietro Rossi (1403–1459), Italian philosopher from Siena * Pietro Rossi (scientist) (1738–1804), Italian scientist and entomologist * Pietro Rossi (sculptor) ( 1856–1882), Italian sculptor * Pietro Rossi (chess) (1924–2020), Italian chess endgame composer * , Italian philosopher * Pietro Maria Rossi may refer to: ** (1374–1438), Italian nobleman ** Pier Maria II de' Rossi (1413–1482), Italian condottiero ** Pier Maria III de' Rossi Pier Maria III de' Rossi (1504 – 15 August 1547) was an Italian general and nobleman, the second marquess and seventh count of San Secondo. Biography Born at San Secondo Parmense, he was a member of the local Rossi noble family, the son o ... (1504–1547), Italian general ** (1620–1653), Italian condottiero Other * ''Pietro Rossi'' (painting), painting by Francesco Hayez depicting Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando De' Rossi
Rolando de' Rossi (c. 1285 – May 1345) was an Italian nobleman and statesman. He was the dominant force in the politics of the commune of Parma from 1322 until 1335, effectively as ''signore'' between 1328 and 1331. Under him and his brother, between 1331 and 1333, the city accepted the lordship of the King of Bohemia. Ultimately, the failure of his family's political project brought an end Parmesan autonomy. In his later years he was a ''condottiero'' for Venice and Florence. Life Exile, return and rise Rolando was born in the mid-1280s in Parma. He was probably the eldest son of Guglielmo de' Rossi and Donella of the Da Carrara family. His brothers were Marsilio and Pietro. During the rule of Giberto III da Correggio over Parma, the Rossi fled to Borgo San Donnino. There in July 1314, Rolando injured his hands in a brawl. He returned to Parma the following month and his influence in Parma grew rapidly over the next two years. With Gianquirico Sanvitale, Obizzo da Enzola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Rossi (1403–1459)
Pietro Rossi or Pietro de' Rossi may refer to: People * (1303–1337), Italian condottiero and lord of Parma, brother of Rolando de' Rossi * Pietro Rossi (1403–1459), Italian philosopher from Siena * Pietro Rossi (scientist) (1738–1804), Italian scientist and entomologist * Pietro Rossi (sculptor) ( 1856–1882), Italian sculptor * Pietro Rossi (chess) (1924–2020), Italian chess endgame composer * , Italian philosopher * Pietro Maria Rossi may refer to: ** (1374–1438), Italian nobleman ** Pier Maria II de' Rossi (1413–1482), Italian condottiero ** Pier Maria III de' Rossi Pier Maria III de' Rossi (1504 – 15 August 1547) was an Italian general and nobleman, the second marquess and seventh count of San Secondo. Biography Born at San Secondo Parmense, he was a member of the local Rossi noble family, the son o ... (1504–1547), Italian general ** (1620–1653), Italian condottiero Other * ''Pietro Rossi'' (painting), painting by Francesco Hayez depicting Piet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Rossi (scientist)
Pietro Rossi (23 January 1738 in Florence – 21 December 1804 in Pisa) was an Italian scientist and entomologist. Career Rossi's academic career was conducted at the University of Pisa, where he attained a doctorate in philosophy and medicine in 1759. He was then made a professor of logic in 1763, a position he held until 1801, when he finally received the chair for natural history with the special field "insectology", making him the world's first professor of entomology. His publications, particularly ''Fauna etrusca'' (1790) and ''Mantissa insectorum'' (1792), are considered pioneer achievements of entomology and still possess scientific validity in the fields of taxonomy and biological nomenclature. Parts of his collection were once in the possession of Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig in Braunschweig; these are now in the Natural History Museum of Berlin. In 1793, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. After his death, the ''Museo entomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Rossi (sculptor)
Pietro Rossi was an Italian sculptor who was active between 1856 and 1882. His reputation is overshadowed by that of his more famous Italian contemporary Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875). Little is known about Pietro Rossi's life other than that he participated in an exhibition in the Italian city of Novara, north of Milan, in 1856. Rossi's 1882 marble bust of a veiled lady in the Gibbes Museum of Art is a prime example of the Italian nationalist art movement called ''Risorgimento''. The image of the veiled woman was intended to symbolize Italy just as Britannia symbolized England, Hibernia ''Hibernia'' () is the Classical Latin name for Ireland. The name ''Hibernia'' was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massalia called the island ''Iérnē'' (written ). ... symbolized Ireland, and Lady Liberty symbolized the United States. External links ''Veiled Lady'' at the Gibbes Museum of Art 19th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Rossi (chess)
Pietro Rossi (26 May 1924 – 18 November 2020) was an Italian chess endgame study composer. Rossi was born in Treviso in May 1924, but lived for most of his life in Matera, where he was a Professor of Social Sciences. Rossi published about 300 studies, 240 of which are contained in Harold van der Heijden's study database. He won more than 90 prizes and awards in international tourneys of study composition. The Italian Chess Federation The Italian Chess Federation ( it, Federazione Scacchistica Italiana; FSI) is the governing chess organization of Italy. It is a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and FIDE (the World Chess Federation). Administration * Presid ... (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) awarded him a gold medal in May 2007 for "high achievements in the field of endgame-study composition". References 1924 births 2020 deaths Chess composers People from Treviso {{italy-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Maria II De' Rossi
250px, Remains of the Castle of Berceto. Pier Maria Rossi or Pier Maria II de' Rossi (25 March 1413 – 1 September 1482) was an Italian condottiere and count of , whose properties included the castle of Rocca dei Rossi. He was known as "the Magnificent". Biography He was born at Berceto, the son of Pier Maria I de' Rossi and Maria Giovanna Cavalcabò. Aged 15, he married Antonia, daughter of Guido Torelli. In the service of Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, he fought five times against the Republic of Venice. He succeeded as titular head of the Rossi family's fiefs in 1438. When Visconti died, in 1447, Pier Maria sided with Francesco Sforza, moving his lands in the regions of Parma and Piacenza under Milanese suzerainty. In 1448 he defeated the Venetians in a river battle on the Po at Casalmaggiore. In 1471 he was sent by Sforza as ambassador to the court of Pope Sixtus IV in Rome. After the death of Duke Francesco Sforza, Pier Maria Rossi was one of the triumvirate wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Maria III De' Rossi
Pier Maria III de' Rossi (1504 – 15 August 1547) was an Italian general and nobleman, the second marquess and seventh count of San Secondo. Biography Born at San Secondo Parmense, he was a member of the local Rossi noble family, the son of Troilo I de' Rossi and Bianca Riario, the first daughter of Caterina Sforza and the half-sister of Giovanni delle Bande Nere. He was also the brother to bishop Giovangirolamo de' Rossi. He was educated at the Medici court together with his uncle Giovanni, who had nearly the same age. At his father's death (1521), he inherited the family lands as count of San Secondo. In 1523 he married Camilla Gonzaga, who brought a dowry of 6,000 ducati, jewels, furniture and other assets. After a first sojourn in France, Pier Maria returned to Italy and here he defended the family fiefs alongside his uncle. During the siege of Florence (1529-1530), he commanded a corps of the imperial troops. Under the service of emperor Charles V, he was at Tunis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Rossi (painting)
''Pietro Rossi'' is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1818–1820 by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, now in the San Fiorano collection in Milan. A copy is in the Pinacoteca di Brera, also in Milan. Both show Pietro Rossi, accepting an invitation from Francesco Dandolo via a messenger to take command of the Venetian resistance to the expansionist Scaligeri. The work links a heroic past event to contemporary events and a Romantic sensitivity, as in historical novels of the same period such as Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel '' The Betrothed'' (orig. it, I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the maste ...'s 1840 '' The Betrothed''. The San Fiorano version was first exhibited at the Brera in 1820 under its full title ''Pietro Rossi, lord of Parma, despoiled of his estates by the Scaligers, lords of Verona, being sent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
