Uberto Malatesta

Uberto Malatesta (c. 1270–1324), count of Giaggiolo, was the eldest son of Paolo il Bello and Orabile Beatrice, raised at Rimini by his uncle Gianciotto, who had murdered his father. In 1297 he fled to the Ghibellines and became their captain-general in Romagna, and in 1300 he seized Cesena from his uncle Malatestino.

He became podestà of Cesena in 1303, only to be expelled for authoritarian rule. Tradition says he killed Gianciotto in 1313 to avenge his father. In 1324 his cousin Ramberto betrayed his plot against Pandolfo I, who had Uberto slain at a banquet.