Ricciardo Manfredi

Ricciardo Manfredi (c.1285 – 23 August 1340), condottiere and third signore of Faenza, was a son of Francesco I. King Robert of Naples knighted him in 1316. In 1327 his brother Alberghettino seized Faenza and moved on Imola, telling the Imolesi that Ricciardo meant to give the city to the papal delegate. Ricciardo, backed by Bolognese knights, took up arms against him, and Imola passed to the papal legate.

He followed the legate to Bologna and joined the long siege that retook Faenza in 1328, and later fought the Ordelaffi of Forlì and joined the siege of Verona in 1333.

That year he led the legate's army against the Este of Ferrara and was heavily defeated. He left a son, Giovanni, the fourth signore, and died in 1340, possibly poisoned.