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Giorgio Ordelaffi (died 1423) was lord of
Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...
and Papal vicar in
Romagna Romagna ( rgn, Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to t ...
(northern
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). He was a member of the Ordelaffi family. The son of Teobaldo Ordelaffi, he married Lucrezia Alidosi of the
Alidosi The Alidosi or Alodosi are a family of Romagna, Italy, who held the ''signoria'' of the city of Imola during the Late Middle Ages. They were originary of the Santerno valley. History During the 13th century, the Alidosi supported the Guelph ca ...
family. He kept the seigniory of Forlì from 1411 until his death, moving his residence in the current ''Palazzo Comunale''. Just before his death, when his son
Teobaldo II Ordelaffi Teobaldo II Ordelaffi (also known as Tebaldo, 1413–1425) was briefly lord of Forlì from 1422 to 1424. He was the son of Giorgio Ordelaffi. Giorgio has named Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan as his trustee, but Teobaldo's mother Lucrezia degli A ...
was still young, he offered to
Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)
of
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
the occasion to invade
Romagna Romagna ( rgn, Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to t ...
in 1423, initiating the 30-year long Wars in Lombardy.


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14th-century births 1423 deaths Giorgio Lords of Forlì 15th-century Italian nobility {{Italy-hist-stub