Taddeo Manfredi (1431 – c. 1486) was Lord of

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from 1448 until 1473. As a

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(mercenary leader), he was commander in the Florentine (1443–1448 and 1452) and

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(1448–1452) armies. After inheriting the seigniory of Imola after the death of his father, Guidantonio Manfredi, he struggled long with his uncle Astorre II Manfredi, who held

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. The two reconciled in 1463, but the war resumed four years later. In 1467, after having been besieged in Imola by

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and Costanzo Sforza, he fought in the

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. In 1471, his son Guidoriccio rebelled against him, and Manfredi was imprisoned under the authority of the

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general Roberto da Sanseverino. In 1472, he was freed, but the city rebelled against him. The following year, he sold the city for 40,000

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to Cardinal

Pietro Riario Pietro Riario (1445 – 3 January 1474) was an Italian cardinal and Papal diplomat. Biography Born in Savona, he was the son of Paolo Riario and Pope Sixtus IVs' sister, Bianca Della Rovere. Sixtus nominated him in 1471 bishop of Treviso and card ...

, who ceded it to

Girolamo Riario Girolamo Riario (1443 – 14 April 1488) was Lord of Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV. He took part in the 1478 Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici, and was assas ...

. In 1482, he fought against the latter and was declared rebel by the Pope.

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1431 births 1480s deaths 15th-century condottieri

Taddeo Taddeo is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Taddeo Alderotti (between 1206 and 1215-1295), Italian doctor and professor of medicine * Taddeo Altini O.S.A. (1609-1685), Roman Catholic Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, and Titular Bisho ...

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