Francesco Castracani degli Antelminelli

Francesco Castracani degli Antelminelli was a Lucchese nobleman and cousin of the lord Castruccio Castracani. After Castruccio's death in 1328, his son Arrigo succeeded him, but in 1329 Emperor Louis the Bavarian deposed Arrigo and sold Lucca to Francesco.

A month later Marco Visconti's mercenaries seized the city and recalled Arrigo. In 1333 King John of Bohemia granted Francesco the vicariate of Coreglia and Ghivizzano.

He commanded a Pisan force at the battle of the Serchio in 1341. In 1355 Emperor Charles IV made Coreglia a county under his rule, and days later Castruccio's sons Arrigo and Vallerano murdered him on the road from Pisa to Lucca.