Alfonso Petrucci (c. 1491 – July 16, 1517) was an
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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nobleman, born to the
Petrucci Family
The Petrucci Family was a royal Italian family during the Renaissance.
History
The Petrucci family ruled the Italian city-state of Siena from 1487 to 1525. Pandolfo Petrucci was the first ruler and brought prosperity to Siena. Returning from exile ...
. He was the son of
Pandolfo Petrucci
Pandolfo Petrucci (14 February 1452 – 21 May 1512) was a ruler of the Italian Republic of Siena during the Renaissance.
Biography
Born and raised in Siena, a member of an aristocratic family, Petrucci was exiled from his home in 1483 for bei ...
. In 1511, he was made a cardinal, which gave the Petrucci dynasty some influence within the church.
He was sentenced to death for plotting to kill Pope
Leo X
Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Born into the prominent political an ...
. On July 16, 1517, Alfonso was privately strangled to death in his cell in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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.
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16th-century Italian cardinals
1490s births
1517 deaths
People from Siena
Alfonso
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
House of Medici
16th-century executions by Italian states
Executed Italian people
People executed by the Papal States
People executed by strangulation
16th-century Italian nobility
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