Astorre III Manfredi (June 20, 1485 – June 9, 1502) was lord Faenza, in northern

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, from 1488 to 1501. He was born in Faenza, the son of

Galeotto Manfredi Galeotto Manfredi (1440 – May 31, 1488) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Faenza. Born in Faenza, Romagna, he was the son of Astorre II Manfredi. In 1477, after a failed attempt of military conquest, he succeeded as lord of Faenza to his br ...

. He succeeded his father in the lordship of Faenza in 1488 at the age of three. In 1501 he was deposed by Cesare Borgia and sent to

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. He was assassinated in the Castel Sant'Angelo the following year.

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