Sallustio Malatesta (c. 1450 - August 8, 1470[1]) was an Italian noble. He was the son of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, and Isotta degli Atti.[2] At first, Isotta was Sigismondo's mistress, but after the death of his wife Polissena Sforza, they would marry.[3]
Isotta convinced Sigismondo to name him heir to Sigismondo's lordship, a choice also supported by Pope Paul II.
At Sigismondo's death in 1468, Isotta and Sallustio took control of his territory.[4] Roberto Malatesta, an illegitimate son of Sigismondo, opposed his father's decisions. He would take control of Rimini with assistance from Milan, Florence, and Naples.[5] In 1470, he would have Sallustio assassinated.[5][6][1] Roberto would do the same to another of Sigismondo's sons, Valerio Galeotto Malatesta, in November of the same year.
References
edit- ^ a b Tonini, Carlo (1896). Compendio della storia di Rimini, Parte Prima: Dalle Origini all'Anno 1500 (in Italian). Bologna. p. 580.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Soranzo, Giovanni. "MALATESTA, Sigismondo Pandolfo in "Enciclopedia Italiana"". Treccani. Retrieved January 12, 2022. (in Italian)
- ^ D'Epiro, Peter; Pinkowish, Mary Desmond (2001). "Twenty-two: Sigismondo Malatesta: The condottiere with a vision". Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World. New York: Anchor Books. p. 159. ISBN 0-385-72019-X.
- ^ Campana, Augusto. "ATTI, Isotta degli in "Dizionario Biografico"". Treccani. Retrieved January 12, 2022. (in Italian)
- ^ a b Setton, Kenneth M. (1978). The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). Vol. 2. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. p. 256. ISBN 0-87169-127-2.
- ^ Hayden, John J. (1898). Chequy Sonnets Original and Translated. Halifax: Ashworth & Birkhead. p. 82.