Luigi Alidosi (also Ludovico, died 1430) was the lord of Imola (as Papal vicar) from 1391 until 1424, the last ruler of the city from his family. He was the son of Bertrando Alidosi and Elisa Tarlati.

Alidosi helped his son-in-law Giorgio Ordelaffi take control over Forli and after Ordelaffis deathAlidosis daughter Lucrezia inofficially ruled Forli on the behalf of her young son . [1]She also sent her son Tebaldo to his maternal grandfather Luigi for safety.[2] In 1423 Milanese ambassadors intimdated to Alidosi that Filippo Maria Visconti, the Lord of Milan was sending an army to take control of Forli -but that it would be better if Alidosi simply persuaded his daughter to cede Forli into the control of Visconti.[2]

During the Wars in Lombardy, his city was attacked by Filippo Maria Visconti's army, and he was taken captive to Milan. When he was freed after the end of the conflict, Imola had been acquired by the Papal States: he therefore became a Cistercian monk, and died in Rome in 1430.

Marriage

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He married firstly Verde Pio di Savoia and secondly to Taddea Fieschi with the following issue.

Issue

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References

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  1. ^ Jones, P. J. (2005-11-17). The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-02364-1.
  2. ^ a b Baker, Nicholas Scott; Maxson, Brian J. (2019-06-20). Florence in the Early Modern World: New Perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-85546-7.
Preceded by Lord of Imola
1391–1424
Succeeded by