Guidantonio Manfredi (also known as ''Guidaccio'') (1407 – June 20, 1448) was lord of

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and

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in the early 15th century. He was also a

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. He was born in Faenza, the son of Gian Galeazzo I Manfredi, and inherited his lands in

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, ruling first in association with his brother,

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, and later alone. From 1439 he was also lord of Imola and

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. He was married with Bianchina Trinci, daughter of

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, lord of

Foligno Foligno (; Central Italian, Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennine Mountains, Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clit ...

, until her assassination in 1441. The following year he remarried with Agnese, daughter of Guidantonio I da Montefeltro, lord of

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. As a condottiero, he was captain of the

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in 1430 and of

Francesco I Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) Duke of Milan, duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the ...

in 1433. He died at Bagni di Petriolo. His was succeeded by his brother Astorre.

References

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