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Guido da Montefeltro

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1220–1298 Also known as Count Guido of Montefeltro

Guido da Montefeltro (c. 1220–1298) was a Ghibelline military leader and political figure of Romagna in Italy, long ruling the Montefeltro lands and …

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  1. c. 1220–1270Montefeltro · MontefeltroBorn to a noble family near Urbino, he was famed for cunning and martial skill, led Ghibelline forces amid the disputes between the Papal States and the imperial faction, repeatedly served as podesta of various cities, and consolidated control over the Romagna highlands.
  2. 1281–1290Romagna · RomagnaIn the 1280s he continued to take part in the factional wars and city-state diplomacy of north-central Italy, maintaining military influence over his lands and allies, while his long years of campaigning made him widely renowned and laid the foundation for his later literary image.
  3. 1296–1298Assisi · AssisiIn his later years he converted to the Franciscan order and took vows, dying in 1298 at a monastery near Assisi; the fate of his soul in Canto XXVII of Dante's Inferno became an important image of medieval literature.

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