Brandelisio Gozzadini

Brandelisio Gozzadini was chief of the Gozzadini, a leading Guelph house of Bologna, and for years an ally of Taddeo Pepoli against the papal legate. In December 1332 Bertrando del Poggetto had him jailed in the Castel Galliera with Taddeo and Bornio Samaritani, until a revolt freed them within hours.

In 1334 Brandelisio led the rising that forced the legate to barricade himself in Galliera until Florentine troops escorted him out of Bologna. He also helped drive out the rival Maltraversi.

Where Taddeo relied on law, diplomacy and money, Brandelisio relied on force, and their rivalry ended on 7 July 1337: after street fighting he was talked into disarming, then attacked in his own palace and driven out. A plot of March 1338 to hand Bologna to him was crushed.