Ranieri della Faggiola

Ranieri della Faggiola, called Neri (1290–1355), was a Ghibelline condottiero and imperial vicar, the son of Uguccione della Faggiola. In 1314 his father, then ruling Pisa and Lucca, made him vicar of Pisa, and at Montecatini in 1315 he commanded the infantry, becoming podestà of Lucca after the victory. In April 1316 he condemned Castruccio Castracani to death, but the Lucchese revolted and Castracani besieged him into surrender, sparing his life.

After his father's fall he kept the family's Apennine lordships, centred on Casteldelci, and remained close to the Visconti and a rival of Florence. From 1329 he fought Pier Saccone Tarlati of Arezzo, relieving Casteldelci in 1334 and recovering it in 1337.

The peace of 1336 was sealed by the marriage of his son Francesco to a daughter of Pier Saccone. A record of 1353 lists 72 castles and villages in his possession, and he died in 1355.