Giovanni Chiavelli

Giovanni Chiavelli was a soldier of Fabriano, son of Tommaso I Chiavelli and a brother of Alberghetto II. His father had made the family a power in the city: in 1325, with Montefeltro backing, Tommaso took office as gonfalonier and defender of the people, and the next year he captured Rocca Contrada.

In 1347 and 1348 Giovanni served with his brother Alberghetto in the fighting in the Kingdom of Naples. In 1364 he was granted the Rocca d'Appennino by a local lord. He died without children, leaving his estate to the church of Santa Caterina in Fabriano, which his nephew Guido enlarged in 1378–1382 and where Guido was buried.