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Uguccione della Faggiuola (c.
1250 –
November 1,
1319) was an
Italian condottiero, and chief magistrate of
Pisa,
Lucca and
Forlì (from
1297).
Biography
Uguccione was born at
Casteldelci, in the
Marche.
He came to prominence in the late 13th century as captain for the
Aretine army, when he successfully captured
Cesena. After a failed attempt to conquer
Forlì for himself (1297)
Of
Ghibelline association, in 1311-1312 he was imperial vicar in
Genoa for
Henry VII, who came to Pisa in
1312. After the latter's death in
1313, Uguccione was made chief magistrate (
podestà), captain of the people, and virtual lord of that city.
He conquered Lucca in
1314 with the help of his protege Castruccio Castracane. On August 29,
1315, he delivered the Guelfs of
Florence and their associates from
Naples their worst defeat since 1260 in the
battle of Montecatini in the
Val di Nievole.
In 1316 the Pisane and the Lucchesi under his former protege Castruccio Castracane drove him out and he took refuge under
Cangrande della Scala, who made Uguccione
podestà of
Vicenza.
He died during the siege of
Padua on November 1, 1318.
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