Agnolo Acciaioli or Acciaiuoli (also called di Cassano; died after 1467) was a
Florentine ambassador and politician, a member of the
Acciaioli
The Acciaioli, Acciaiuoli, Accioly, Acciajuoli or Acioli was an important family of Florence.
Family name is also written Acciaioli, Acciainoli, or Accioly, Accioli, Acioli and Acyoly in Portugal and Brazil, where there are branches of it. Descent ...
family.
He had inherited his title of Baron of Cassano by his grandfather
Donato, but his fiefs in the
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
were confiscated in 1467. His diplomatic career began in
Naples
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, where he was created knight by Queen
Joanna II in 1415. Later he moved to the family's ancestral city, Florence, where he was also created knight and for which he served as ambassador in
Venice
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,
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one o ...
,
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
and the
Pope
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, among the others.
In 1448 and 1454 he was elected
Gonfalonier
The Gonfalonier (in Italian: ''Gonfaloniere'') was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States. The name derives from ''gonfalone'' (in English, gonfalon), the ter ...
of the Florentine Republic, but his career suffered a serious setback when, together with
Diotisalvi Neroni
Diotisalvi Neroni (1401 – 4 August 1482) was an Italian politician. He wrote ''Florentina Syndicatus''.
Born in Florence, he was appointed to numerous important positions in that city. He was ambassador in Milan and a protagonist of the Peace o ...
,
Luca Pitti
Luca Pitti (1398–1472) was a Florentine banker during the period of the republic presided over by Cosimo de' Medici. He was awarded a knighthood, and received lavish presents from both the Signory of Firenze and the Medici family as a reward ...
and
Niccolò Soderini, he conspired against
Piero de' Medici. When the plan was discovered, Acciaioli was exiled to
Barletta
Barletta () is a city, '' comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens.
The city's territory be ...
(1466) and later banned for life. His daughter Laudomia Acciaioli married
Pierfrancesco the Elder
Pierfrancesco de' Medici the Elder (1430 – 19 July 1476) was an Italian nobleman, banker, diplomat, and a member of the House of Medici of Florence.
Biography
Born in Florence, he was the son of Lorenzo the Elder and Ginevra Cavalcanti, thus a ...
.
15th-century deaths
15th-century Neapolitan people
15th-century people of the Republic of Florence
Year of birth unknown
Medieval Italian diplomats
Ambassadors of the Republic of Florence
15th-century diplomats
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