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PETRUCCI, PANDOLFO (d. 1512)

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PETRUCCI, PANDOLFO (d. 1512) , See also:tyrant of See also:Siena, spent the greater See also:part of his youth in See also:exile, on See also:account of the See also:civil strife by which his native See also:town of Siena was torn; but on the See also:triumph of the party of the Noveschi (those who supported the See also:Council of Nine) in 1487 he was able to return See also:home. On the See also:death of his See also:brother Giacopo, one of the most powerful men in the See also:city, Pandolfo succeeded to all the latter's offices and emoluments (1497), thus becoming in fact if not in name See also:master of Siena. By his See also:marriage with See also:Aurelia, daughter of Nicola See also:Borghese, another very influential See also:citizen, he still further strengthened his authority. But he soon began to abuse his See also:power by selling public offices to the highest bidders, or conferring them on his followers. A See also:plot was made to See also:murder him, but he discovered the See also:conspiracy in See also:time, and his own See also:father-in-See also:law, who had been See also:leader of the See also:movement, was put to death. In 1498 he prevented the out-break of See also:war with See also:Florence over the See also:possession of See also:Montepulciano, which had been a See also:bone of contention between the two cities for over a See also:hundred years. His attitude towards Cesare See also:Borgia was exceedingly astute; at first he assisted him, and obtained from him with the favour of the See also:French See also:king the cession of See also:Piombino; but having subsequently aroused the suspicions of Borgia, the latter attempted to suppress Petrucci by inviting him to the fatal See also:meeting of Seniga.11ia. The Sienese tyrant, however, did not fall into the See also:trap, and although Borgia in 1502 obliged him to quit Siena, he returned two months later, more powerful than before. Petrucci supported See also:Pisa in the war against Florence, but eventually, through the intervention of the See also:pope and of the king of See also:Spain, he made See also:peace with the latter city, to which he gave back Montepulciano in 1512. As a See also:reward for this See also:action Pope See also:Julius II. created his See also:nephew See also:cardinal. During his last days Petrucci abdicated his authority in favour of his son Borghese.

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San Quirico di Osenna on the 21st of May 1512. See Pecci, Memorie storico-critiche di Siena (Siena, 1755) ; U. G. 1Vlondolfo, P. Petrucci signore di Siena (Siena, 1899).

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