Antonello Savelli (c. 1450 – April 1498) was an Italian

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Biography

A member of the Roman family of the Savelli, he was the son of Cristoforo Savelli and the uncle of Troilo. As a young he fought in the inner disputes between the baronial households of the city. In 1482, together with the Colonna, he fought against Girolamo Riario, nephew of

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, who excommunicated Antonello. His

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fiefs of Albano, Castel Savello, Castelgandolfo and

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were besieged and captured by Paolo Orsini. Antonello replied by attacking the Orsini fief of Marino, but was defeated and wounded. The same feat repeated when he besieged

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. He sued a peace with the Pope, but when the latter died in 1484 his support to the election of

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granted him the role of Papal general in the war against the

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. In 1491 he defeated the Baglioni at Corciano. He supported King

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in his expedition to Italy, but later, when the French king returned northwards leaving him in the citadel of

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, he ceded it without resistance to the King of Aragon. He died the following year for a wound received in the baronial war against the Orsini. {{DEFAULTSORT:Savelli, Antonello 1450s births Year of birth uncertain 1498 deaths 15th-century condottieri People excommunicated by the Catholic Church Antonello