Alfonso Petrucci (c. 1491 – July 16, 1517) was an

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nobleman, born to the Petrucci Family. 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 be ...

. 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

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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. ...

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