Giovanni II Malatesta
Giovanni II Malatesta (died 20 September 1299), first count of Sogliano, was the son of Ramberto di Giovanni Malatesta. He belonged to the Ghibelline Malatesta branch that opposed Malatesta da Verucchio's hold on Rimini, and served as podestà of Rimini in 1276.
In 1287 he made peace with Verucchio, but the Romagna rector Pietro Stefaneschi, unable to capture Verucchio, seized Giovanni and held him at Cesena. Released in 1288, he followed the Malatesta into exile, and after the 1290 peace returned home still hostile to his kinsmen. He died in 1299.