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Ludovico I Gonzaga, elected in 1328 as the first capitano del popolo of the city of Mantua

Captain of the people (Italian: capitano del popolo) was an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages, established essentially to balance the power and authority of the noble families of the Italian city-states.[1]

  1. ^ Najemy, John M. 2006. A History of Florence 1200-1575. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 1-4051-1954-3. pp. 66–7, 75, 83–4, 94, 123, 157, 172, 178, 248.

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Capitano del popolo

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Captain of the people (Italian: capitano del popolo) was an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages, established essentially to balance...

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Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo

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Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo may refer to: Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, Gubbio Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, Orvieto in Orvieto Palazzo del Capitano...

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Orvieto

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away from city walls. Work on the construction of the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo [it] began in the 13th century on an area that had been occupied...

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Guglielmo Boccanegra

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Guglielmo Boccanegra was a Genoese statesman, the first capitano del popolo of the Republic of Genoa, from 1257 to 1262, exercising a real lordship, assisted...

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Lords of Verona

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was created when Mastino I della Scala was raised to the rank of capitano del popolo from that of podestà. His descendants, the Scaliger, all Ghibellines...

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Captains Regent

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Regent "for what they have and have not done" during their mandate. Capitano del popolo San Marino Politics of San Marino Grand and General Council Congress...

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Bargello

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house first the Capitano del Popolo and later, in 1261, the 'podestà', the highest magistrate of the Florence City Council. This Palazzo del Podestà, as it...

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Guido Gonzaga

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September 1369) was an Italian condottiero, son of Ludovico I Gonzaga capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar. He was elected podestà of Mantua in...

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Oberto Doria

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politician and admiral of the Republic of Genoa, ruling the republic as Capitano del popolo. Oberto Doria was born at Genoa before 1230, the oldest of four sons...

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Lords of Padua

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lordship (signoria) with the election of Jacopo I da Carrara as capitano del popolo in 1308. His descendants, the Carraresi, ruled the city and its vicinity...

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Ludovico I Gonzaga

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Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar. Born in Mantua, he was the son of Guido...

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Guido II da Polenta

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In 1316–1321 he was host of Dante Alighieri. In 1322 he was named capitano del popolo of Bologna and left the government of Ravenna to his brother Rinaldo...

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Pisa

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consuls was abandoned, and in 1230, the new city rulers named a capitano del popolo ("people's chieftain") as civil and military leader. Despite these...

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Boccanegra

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during the 13th century. The Boccanegra family produced the first Capitano del popolo and the first Doge of the Republic of Genoa. The Boccanegra family...

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Palazzo dei Priori

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Benvenuto, both from Perugia. In the early 1300s, the entire Palazzo Capitano del Popolo, formerly the tower house of Madonna Dialdiana, was incorporated...

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House of Malatesta

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story by Giovanni Boccaccio. Malatestino I, Giovanni's brother, became capitano of the Guelphs of Bologna in 1296 and of Florence in 1303. In 1312, he...

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Lamba Doria

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an Italian admiral of the Republic of Genoa. The brother of the capitano del popolo Oberto Doria, he was one of the best Genoese admirals, together with...

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Republic of Genoa

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divided into five stages: Consul: 11th century–1191 Podestà: 1191–1256 Capitano del popolo: 1257–1339 Doge (elected for life): 1339–1528 Doge (elected for terms...

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List of palaces in Italy

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de Felice, Grottaglie Palazzo dei Consoli Palazzo del Bargello, Gubbio Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, Gubbio Palazzo Tozzoni Palazzo Pianetti Palazzo...

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Lucca

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in Lucca. In 1273 and again in 1277, Lucca was ruled by a Guelph capitano del popolo (captain of the people) named Luchetto Gattilusio. In 1314, internal...

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Assisi

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arena now houses a garden. the Piazza del Comune ("Communal Square"), with the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo (mid-13th century, featuring a series of...

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Ludovico

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the first Capitano del Popolo of Mantua and Imperial Vicar Ludovico II Gonzaga (1334–1382), Italian politician who was Capitano del Popolo of Mantua Ludovico...

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Republic of Siena

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peninsula. The mural titled "Allegory of Good Government" (Italian: Allegoria del Buon Governo) painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338–39 at the Palazzo Pubblico...

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Ludovico II Gonzaga

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Gonzaga (1334 – 4 October 1382) was an Italian politician who was capitano del popolo of Mantua. He was a member of the House of Gonzaga. He was the son...

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