John XXIII was acknowledged as pope by France, England, Bohemia, Prussia, Portugal, parts of the Holy Roman Empire, and numerous Northern Italian city states, including Florence and Venice ; however, the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII was regarded as pope by the Kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, and Scotland and Gregory XII was still favored by Ladislaus of Naples, Carlo I Malatesta, the princes of Bavaria, Louis III, Elector Palatine, and parts of Germany and Poland.

But, Errico Malatesta put it: "... instead of running the risk of making a confusion in trying to distinguish what you and I each do, let us all work and put everything in common.

Meanwhile Gregory XII stayed with his loyal and powerful protector, the condottiero Carlo I Malatesta, who had come to Pisa in person during the process of the council to support Gregory XII with both sets of cardinals.

In 1312 he was succeeded by Malatesta II, first signore ( lord ) of the city and Pandolfo I, the latter's brother, named by Louis the Bavarian imperial vicar in Romagna.

When the bubonic plague struck Florence in 1400, Ghiberti emigrated to Rimini, where he assisted in the completion of wall frescoes of the castle of Carlo I Malatesta.

The following year what remained of Cesena was assigned by the new pope Urban VI to Galeotto I Malatesta.

From the fifteenth century hence, most condottieri were landless Italian nobles who had chosen the profession of arms as livelihood ; the most famous of such mercenary captains was the son of Caterina Sforza, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, from Forlì, known as The Last Condottiere ; his son was Cosimo I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ; besides noblemen, princes also fought as condottieri, given the sizable income to their estates, notably Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino ; despite war-time inflation, soldier ’ s pay was high:

* Battle of Sant ' Egidio ( 1416 )-Braccio da Montone, for himself, against Carlo I Malatesta, for Perugia

* Battle of Maclodio ( 1427 )-Count of Carmagnola, for Venice, against Carlo I Malatesta, for Milan

This unstable situation opened the way to foreign dictatorships, like those of Galeotto I Malatesta ( 14th century ), initially recruited as a mercenary ( condottiero ) in the war against Fermo, and Francesco Sforza.

It was rebuilt by Galeotto I Malatesta, lord of Rimini, during the war against Fermo.

In 1412, the situation turned more favorable to Ladislaus: his condottiero Carlo I Malatesta occupied part of the March of Ancona, and, above all, Muzio Attendolo sided for Ladislaus.

The Malatesta became lords of the city in 1356 with Galeotto I Malatesta, who was nominally only a vicar of the Popes.

* The Corte Malatestiana, built after 1357 by Galeotto I Malatesta.

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In the 14th century it was captured by the Papal vicar Filippo Simonetti, by Galeotto I Malatesta ( 1347 – 1351 ), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza, who turned it into his family's main stronghold in the Marche.

But, Malatesta put it: "... instead of running the risk of making a confusion in trying to distinguish what you and I each do, let us all work and put everything in common.

He is hired, along with a Sicilian assassin named Gualtiero Malatesta to kill the Prince of Wales ( future King Charles I of England ) and his companion, the Duke of Buckingham.

Guido I da Polenta had been at war with the Malatesta family.

In 1408 Gian Maria married Antonia Malatesta of Cesena, daughter of Carlo I lord of Rimini.

At this battle, a Bolognese army under Giovanni I Bentivoglio opposed Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, and his allies, the Malatesta of Rimini and the Gonzaga of Mantua.

The Papal commander Rodolfo II da Varano, lord of Camerino, defeated Galeotto Malatesta, forcing his family to become a loyal ally of the Pope.

In particular, Martin confirmed Giorgio Ordelaffi in Forlì, Ludovico Alidosi in Imola, Malatesta IV Malatesta in Rimini, and Guidantonio da Montefeltro in Spoleto, who would later marry the pope's niece Caterina Colonna.

* Malatesta da Verucchio, Italian condottiero, founder of the Malatesta family ( d. 1312 )

* Alexandre Cabanel — The Birth of Venus, The Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

Having received the support of the archbishop of Milan and Giovanni Visconti, he defeated Giovanni di Vico, lord of Viterbo, moving against Galeotto Malatesta of Rimini and the Ordelaffi of Forlì, the Montefeltro of Urbino and the da Polenta of Ravenna, and against the cities of Senigallia and Ancona.

The Malatesta family emerged from the struggles between municipal factions with Malatesta da Verucchio, who in 1239 was named podestà ( feudal lord ) of the city.

" Gianciotto Malatesta | Gianciotto Discovers Paolo Malatesta | Paolo and Francesca da Rimini | Francesca " by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ; it depicts the Divine Comedy.

* Malatesta da Verucchio ( 1212 – 1312 )

Communal autonomy was lost in 1367 when the city was annexed to the Papal States: the local overlordship shifted among various families ( the Tomacelli, the Malatesta, Braccio da Montone, Francesco Sforza and others ).

* The Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta ( 1870 ), Musée d ' Orsay, Paris.

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Under his son, the famous condottiero Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Fano was besieged by Papal troops under Federico III da Montefeltro, and returned to the Papal administration.

His eldest son was Giovanni Malatesta, famous for the 1285 tragedy, recorded in Dante's Inferno, in which he killed his wife Francesca da Polenta and his younger brother Paolo, having discovered them in adultery.

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When a peace was negotiated, Guido wanted to solidify it by marrying his daughter Francesca to the Malatestan heir, Giovanni Malatesta ( Gianciotto ), son of Malatesta da Verucchio, lord of Rimini.

Giovanni Malatesta ( died 1304 ), known, from his lameness, as Gianciotto, or Giovanni, lo Sciancato, was the eldest son of Malatesta da Verucchio of Rimini.

Malatesta da Verucchio ( d. 1312 ), a Guelph leader, became podestà ( chief magistrate ) of Rimini in 1239 and made himself sole master of the city after the expulsion of the family's Ghibelline rivals, the Parcitadi, in 1295.

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