Astorre III Manfredi (June 20, 1485 – June 9, 1502) was lord
Faenza, in northern
Italy
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, from 1488 to 1501.
He was born in Faenza, the son of
Galeotto Manfredi
Galeotto Manfredi (1440 – May 31, 1488) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Faenza.
Born in Faenza, Romagna, he was the son of Astorre II Manfredi. In 1477, after a failed attempt of military conquest, he succeeded as lord of Faenza to his br ...
. He succeeded his father in the lordship of Faenza in 1488 at the age of three.
In 1501 he was deposed by
Cesare Borgia and sent to
Rome
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. He was assassinated in the
Castel Sant'Angelo the following year.
Further reading
Cecil H. Clough – ''The Romagna campaign of 1494: a significant military encounter'' – ''The French Descent into Renaissance Italy 1494–95: Antecedents and Effects'' – edited by David Abulafia – Ashgate – 1995.
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