Marsilietto Papafava da Carrara

Marsilietto Papafava da Carrara (died 1345) came from a minor branch of the Carrara family, nicknamed Papafava, and ruled Padua for only forty-one days. Son of Albertino, he was wounded in the anti-Carrarese revolt of 1325, and was exiled in 1328 on a charge of insulting the imperial vicar.

Recalled when Padua submitted to Cangrande della Scala later that year, he was knighted by Cangrande at Verona and fought at the siege of Monselice in 1337. On 27 March 1345 the dying signore Ubertino named him his heir, passing over Niccolò da Carrara's sons Giacomo and Giacomino, whose revenge Ubertino's vicar feared.

Marsilietto renewed the alliance with Venice on 20 April. On 6 May Giacomo II killed him and took the signoria, claiming it by right of succession.