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The Lordships of the condottieri
The Dal Verme Of Verona: From Loyalty To The Scaligeri To Service Under Milan
How the Dal Verme Rose from Verona to Command Milan's Armies The Dal Verme represent one of the most complete cases of social ascent through...
The da Montefeltro: The Lineage of the Counts and Dukes of Urbino
The Montefeltro Dynasty: Excommunication, Mercenary Wars, and the Urbino Court The family originates from a branch of the counts of Carpegna. While the main branch...
The Da Fogliano: A Dynasty of Reggio Emilia Between Guelphs, Ghibellines, and Family Blood
A feudal dynasty shaped by shifting alliances and family feuds The fortunes of the family begin in the 12th century with Guido I da Fogliano,...
The Pio Of Carpi: Lords, Condottieri and Family Rivals
How the Pio defended Carpi from the Empire to the Este, repeatedly dividing among their own branches The Pio are one of the Emilian houses...
The Da Correggio: Lords of a City Fought over by Parma, Milan and Ferrara
A small Emilian capital, two centuries of family wars The da Correggio are among the longest lived lordly houses of late medieval and Renaissance Emilia....
The Gaetani Condottieri: A Family Between the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal States
Counts of Fondi, lords of Sermoneta and of Traietto (Minturno), protagonists for two centuries of the wars between the Angevins, Aragonese, Colonna and Orsini The...
The Da Varano Of Camerino: Lords, Soldiers And Family Feuds
A lordship built on loyalty to the Church and extinguished by Borgia violence The da Varano, lords of Camerino: a dynasty of the Marche marked...
The Caldora: A Dynasty of Condottieri between the Abruzzi and the Kingdom of Naples
Jacopo Caldora and the Rise of a Feudal Empire in the Kingdom of Naples The Caldora family is of Provençal origin (Candole or Candolle being...
The da Polenta: How They Lost Ravenna — Patricide, Venice and Final Exile
How a Romagnol family held Ravenna for over a century through war, alliance, and calculated brutality Ravenna, ancient capital of the Western Roman Empire and...
The Savelli Condottieri of Rome: A Family at War
How a baronial family of Rome built, lost, and fought to reclaim its power across two turbulent centuries The Savelli are one of the oldest...
The Fregoso Dynasty: Corsairs, Cardinals and Doges of Genoa
How the Fregoso Fought, Ruled and Lost Genoa Over Two Centuries The Fregoso (or Campofregoso) are an ancient noble family of the Republic of Genoa,...
The Rangoni of Modena: Seven Generations of Condottieri in Renaissance Italy
Soldiers, Lords, and Diplomats: The Rangoni Family in the Wars of Italy In our time, when we increasingly lose the taste and the sense of...
The Stone Empire: The Rise and Strategy of the House of Rossi
The House of Rossi di Parma: A Dynasty of Swords and Lordships Among the great seigniorial families of medieval and Renaissance north-central Italy, the Rossi...
The Trivulzio Lineage: Military Strategies, Political Alliances, and Dynasties of Condottieri in the Italian Renaissance
The biography of a house, especially one that is ancient or far-reaching, always presents a rich gallery of figures whose lives stand out within...
The Hegemony of the House of Vitelli: Blood, Innovation and the Profession of Arms in the Renaissance
The destiny of a lineage: its genesis and ascent The history of the Vitelli family of Città di Castello represents one of the most significant...
The Hegemony of the House of Fortebracci of Montone
Blood Feuds and Bannerets: The Lords of Montone Genesis and Rise of a Dynasty of Warriors The first signs of the existence of the Fortebracci family...
The House of Este: History of a Great Dynasty
Renaissance Architectures of Power: Ercole I and the Modern City The long history of the House of Este traces its roots back to the year...
The Da Carrara Dynasty: Between Lordly Power and the Profession of Arms
Blood and Mud: The Rise of the Da Carrara in Padua Between the 14th and 15th centuries, Northern Italy underwent a profound political transformation with...
The Viper’s Legacy: Historical and Genealogical Chronicle of the Visconti Condottieri
The Blood of the Biscione in the History of the Ventura The Visconti house has been one of the most ancient and illustrious Italian noble...
The Manfredi Dynasty: A Historico-Genealogical and Military Analysis of the Seigniory of Faenza
The epic of the lions of Faenza and the sword as a trade The House of Manfredi, originally from Reggio Emilia, established itself as one...
The Eagle and the Talons: The Epic of Blood and Steel of the House of Ordelaffi
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THE ORIGINS OF MILITARY POWER Medieval and Renaissance Romagna was a borderland where Papal authority clashed with the seigniorial particularism prevalent in...
The Gonzaga: The Art Of War And The Strategy Of Survival
Fighting for Every Side: The Gonzaga Family's Mercenary Empire The Historical Context and the Origins of Military Power From modest country lords, the Corradi di Gonzaga,...
The Eagle and the Crutches: Historical and Military Monograph of the Zampeschi Dynasty of Forlimpopoli (15th–16th Century)
Romagna as a Laboratory of War The military history of the Italian Renaissance finds in Romagna not merely an operational theatre, but a true anthropological...
The Rise and Fall of the Anguillara Dynasty: Genealogy of the Condottieri Between Lazio and Exile (15th–16th Century)
Barons, Warriors, Exiles: The Anguillara Main Branch and the Pope's Defeat As with almost all medieval noble families, the origins of the dell'Anguillara house are...
The House Baglioni: Rise, Feuds, and Genealogy of the Condottieri of Perugia
Giampaolo, Malatesta, and Astorre: The Great Condottieri of the Baglioni The House Baglioni emerges from history as one of the most turbulent families of the...
The Bentivoglio Genealogy: History of a Warrior Household
Reconstructing the genealogical line through its members' military careers. The genealogy of the Bentivoglio family, reconstructed through the biographies of its most illustrious members in...
The da Barbiano: Genealogy of a Lineage of Condottieri
The Barbiano Lineage: From Romagnol Warlords to Lombard Nobles The story of the founder of the Compagnia di San Giorgio and the descendants who carried...
The Attendolo-Sforza Military Dynasty
From the Feuds of Romagna to the Duchy of Milan: Rise and Genealogy of the Attendolo-Sforza Dynasty (Updated 2026) From the fertile plains of Romagna...
Military Power in Medieval Southern Italy: The San Severino Family
Warlords of Naples: The San Severino Military Dynasty (Updated) The San Severino family traces its roots to Southern Italy with the arrival of the Normans....
