Giovanni Malatesta (died 1304), also known as Giovanni, lo Sciancato ("the Lame"), sometimes also called by the diminutive ''Gianciotto'', was the second son of Malatesta da Verucchio of

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From 1275 onwards he played an active part in the Romagnole Wars and factions. He is chiefly famous for the domestic tragedy of 1285, recorded in

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's '' Inferno'': upon finding his wife, Francesca da Polenta (Francesca da Rimini), in adulterous embrace with his own brother ( Paolo Malatesta), he killed them both with his own hands. He captured

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in 1294, and ruled it as ''

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'' until his death.

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