GUINIGI, PAOLO. - Lord of Lucca, b. there in 1376 to Francesco, a banker and merchant, and to Filippa Serpente, d. at Pavia in 1432. Heir to the fortune of Castruccio Castracani, he was lord of Lucca from 1400 to 1430.
He surrounded himself with a small but lavish court, in which writers and artists were present. To Jacopo della Quercia he entrusted the construction of the sepulchral urn of his first wife Ilaria del Carretto. He attended to the construction of the famous Palazzo dei Borghi.
He favored commerce and craftsmanship, winning the sympathy of his subjects. Gregory XII conferred on him on 25 May 1408 the Golden Rose, which is still preserved in Lucca. The emperor Sigismund recognized his lordship on 31 Aug. 1413. On 12 July 1418 he concluded peace with Braccio da Montone, who had invaded his territory.
In the struggle between Florence, Venice and Filippo Maria Visconti, he sympathized with the latter, sustaining the onslaught of Niccolò Fortebracci, [left] unmolested by the Florentines; against him he set Francesco Sforza who, on 15 Aug. 1430, betrayed him by taking him prisoner together with his sons.
Bibliography4 worksS. Bongi, Di P. G. e delle sue ricchezze, Lucca 1871; E. Lazzareschi, Francesco Sforza e P. G., in Miscellanea di studi storici in onore di
BIBL.: S. Bongi, Di P. G. e delle sue ricchezze, Lucca 1871; E. Lazzareschi, Francesco Sforza e P. G., in Miscellanea di studi storici in onore di G. Sforza, Torino 1923; L. Fumi-E. Lazzareschi, Carteggio di P. G., Lucca 1925; A. Campano, Bracci Perusini vita et gesta, in RIS, XIX, parte 4°, Bologna 1929.
Paolucci, Romualdo. “Guinigi, paolo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1300. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guinigi-paolo.
MLA
Paolucci, Romualdo. “Guinigi, paolo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1300. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guinigi-paolo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_guinigi_paolo,
author = {Paolucci, Romualdo},
title = {Guinigi, paolo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1300},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guinigi-paolo}
}
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