Guelphs v Ghibellines: Battle of Montecatini (1315)A battle fought fought between combined Florentin
Guelphs v Ghibellines: Battle of Montecatini (1315)A battle fought fought between combined Florentine and Neapolitan army (Guelphs) and Pisanese forces (Ghibellines). The latter led by Uguccione della Faggiuola - condottiero and Podesta of Pisa - emerged victorious despite being outnumbered. Uguccione is depicted on the left and Guelph commander Philip I of I Taranto on the left Philip was a younger son of king of Naples and had a rather colourful titles: among other things he was Latin Emperor of Constantinople, Despot of Romania, king of Albania, prince of Achaea and Vicar-General of Kingdom of Sicily. I guess that at least some of these titles were just nominal. And btw, Uguccio’s protege, Cstruccio Castracani also participated in this battle. (Nuova Cronica,14th century) Source: Giovanni Villani / Public domain -- source link
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