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PANDOLFO See also:PETRUCCI (d. 1512)
, See also:tyrant of See also:Siena, spent the greater See also:part of his youth in See also:exile, on See also:account of the See also:civil strife by which his native See also:town of Siena was torn; but on the See also:triumph of the party of the Noveschi (those who supported the See also:Council of Nine) in 1487 he was able to return See also:home
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On the See also:death of his See also:brother Giacopo, one of the most powerful men in the See also:city, Pandolfo succeeded to all the latter's offices and emoluments (1497), thus becoming in fact if not in name See also:master of Siena
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By his See also:marriage with See also:Aurelia, daughter of Nicola See also:Borghese, another very influential See also:citizen, he still further strengthened his authority
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But he soon began to abuse his See also:power by selling public offices to
the highest bidders, or conferring them on his followers
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A See also:plot was made to See also:murder him, but he discovered the See also:conspiracy in See also:time, and his own See also:father-in-See also:law, who had been See also:leader of the See also:movement, was put to death
.
In 1498 he prevented the out-break of See also:war with See also:Florence over the See also:possession of See also:Montepulciano, which had been a See also:bone of contention between the two cities for over a See also:hundred years
.
His attitude towards Cesare See also:Borgia was exceedingly astute; at first he assisted him, and obtained from him with the favour of the See also:French See also: See Pecci, Memorie storico-critiche di Siena (Siena, 1755) ; U . G . 1Vlondolfo, P . Petrucci signore di Siena (Siena, 1899) . |
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