Cecciolo Gabrielli
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Cecciolo Gabrielli (c. 1375 - 26 June 1420) was an Italian nobleman, self-styled Duke of Gubbio (''Duca di Gubbio'' or ''Duca d'Agobbio''). With the help of the
condottieri Condottieri (; singular: ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian military leaders active during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The term originally referred specifically to commanders of mercenary companies, derived from the ...
Braccio da Montone, he tried to reconquer
Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...
which had been lost by his family in 1384, following the defeat of his
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, the bishop Gabriello Gabrielli. He was however captured by Guidantonio da Montefeltro at
Serra Sant'Abbondio Serra Sant'Abbondio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro Pesaro (; ) is a (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of March ...
and hanged from the door of the Ponte Marmoreo (Marble Bridge) at Gubbio. Before dying he shouted "''Gubbio patria nostra''" (Gubbio our fatherland), which eventually became one of the mottos of his
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. 1370s births 1420 deaths People from Gubbio 15th-century Italian nobility {{Italy-noble-stub